From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j2D9lVVv017067 for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:47:32 GMT Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DAPh4-00062T-Oz for gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:47:30 +0000 Received: from TesterServ.TesterNet ([66.131.191.190]) by VL-MO-MR007.ip.videotron.ca (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IDA00CLDB77HJ@VL-MO-MR007.ip.videotron.ca> for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 04:47:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from uucp by TesterServ.TesterNet with local-rmail (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1DAPh4-0004rX-00 for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 04:47:30 -0500 Received: by TesterTop.tester.ca (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CEC13103685; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 04:48:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 04:48:23 -0500 From: Olivier =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Cr=EAte?= Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] why went unusable versions stable? In-reply-to: <42338E75.1030602@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org Message-id: <1110707303.32297.9.camel@localhost> Organization: Gentoo Precedence: bulk List-Post: , , List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-MKmsgexIo68RBwZjLBx5"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 References: <200503120101.16451.list-gentoo-dev@net4u.de> <1110590519.10977.1.camel@localhost> <42338E75.1030602@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 06770dee-a4ef-43f6-be20-9888e9cdf400 X-Archives-Hash: 0e6c45cab5c348f9469765901694576d --=-MKmsgexIo68RBwZjLBx5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2005-13-03 at 02:51 +0200, Alin Nastac wrote: > Olivier Cr=EAte wrote: > >On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 01:01 +0100, Ernst Herzberg wrote: > >>>dev-util/esvn: > >> > >>0.6.8-r1 was masked, and has some crazy bugs, that this stuff is not us= able=20 > >>for an 'enduser'. If you select an 'working directory', the last charac= ter of=20 > >>the path get lost. You have to create a workspace, select there a worki= ng=20 > >>directory, add the last character by hand.... > >> > >>OkOk, as long as this stuff is masked, no problem. BUT: Upstream has re= leased=20 > >>a new version with this bug fixed. Why went the buggy version stable? A= nd the=20 > >>new with the bug fixed version is masked? That make no sense to me. > >> > >>Can somebody explain that? > > > >Maybe you should ask MrNess... But he doesn't seem to think that testing > >is important...=20 >=20 > This package I happen to use at work, I could say I did more than a=20 > simple test. > Do you suggest that, if this bug is real, I should know about? > Do you understand that tests don't always detect bugs, right? Ohh I was just commenting on another QA related thread... and I was extrapolating that this might be related to a certain QA policy that certain developers seem to follow... But it is sure that testing doesn't find the interesting bugs (that's why we need users!)... --=20 Olivier Cr=EAte tester@gentoo.org x86 Security Liaison --=-MKmsgexIo68RBwZjLBx5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCNAxnHTiOWk7ZorsRAtdDAJ9sFQ+mAtHTobuWAnNH9quBraEOygCfUXaV GS2+BlUYP2p70McPS3vFeU0= =yrBN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-MKmsgexIo68RBwZjLBx5-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list