From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thorsten Leemhuis Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 14:52:07 +0200 Subject: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Regression tracking & fixing: current state, problems, and next steps Message-ID: <6223a720-c835-d841-eb1d-e090875a3a91@leemhuis.info> This session is meant to complement the kernel summit session with the same title I just submitted separately (https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/ksummit-discuss/2022-June/007339.html ). The idea is to summarize in this session what has been discussed and agreed on in that ksummit session and further discuss issues that need further discussion. I used a similar model in 2017 and it seems it worked well for everyone. What exactly will be discussed in this sessions depends on how the kernel summit session evolves, but I expect the following topics might need further discussion among the core maintainers (for details on any of these points please see the kernel summit submission linked above): * How slow quite a few mainline regressions are resolved, as even simple regression fixes sometimes linger in -next for weeks before being mainlined. * Do we care that some regressions (and many bugs) reported in bugzilla.kernel.org are never forwarded to the maintainers? And if so, what do we want to do about it? I tried to keep an eye on things, but that's sometimes quite time-consuming. * Should I track all or some regression with regzbot that were reported by CI systems? * open question: Am I holding this regression tracking thingy right or do you want me to do it differently somehow? Or is there anything else I can do to make my regression tracking efforts more useful for maintainers? Ciao, Thorsten