[ros-dev] Regression fixing

[Aleksey Bragin]

The regression fixing period is quite nice, quite a few of  
regressions were fixed (maybe someone could do a nice stats based on  
bugzilla?), so the teamwork really brings a lot.

De-facto, we already enhanced borders of this regfixing period to  
include very important bug fixes. I would like to make it official,  
however, be very careful and fix only those bugs which are less  
likely to introduce a new regression. And still, regressions are the  
top priority! Consider them as a blocker for coming 0.3.12 release.  
It will be nice to finally start releasing without regressions, isn't  
it? :)

Important note: I'm leaving for Sweden for a business trip tomorrow,  
which is going to last about 5 days. I will join the IRC channel  
occasionally and check emails of course, but nothing more than that.

Keep up the great work!

WBR,
Aleksey Bragin.

On Apr 28, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Aleksey Bragin wrote:

> Hello,
> as you all know we have quite a lot of regressions recently, and  
> recently they only add up to one another causing annoyances of  
> testers and developers. There is a strong need to change this  
> situation as soon as possible, otherwise the project's future is  
> undetermined.
>
> I want to propose a step-by-step approach. Our brave testing team  
> has created a good overview of the most important regressions and  
> bugs we have so far: http://www.reactos.org/wiki/Buglist .
>
> Now, very important(!):
> For the first step I would like ALL developers to drop their  
> current ReactOS-related work, including all work in branches or  
> wherever else and focus ONLY on fixing regressions from that list.  
> The goal is to fix all confirmed regressions that have been  
> introduced, starting from the most recent and going down to the  
> most ancient. All possible ways to remove a regression could be  
> used: starting from a proper fix and finishing with a total revert  
> or commenting out even good code.
>
> Process coordination: feel free to commit proper fixes right away,  
> however as for reverts, I, and/or comittee of our core devs, would  
> like to have a final say on whether something should be reverted.
>
> I repeat, all other non-regression related commits to the official  
> ReactOS SVN repository are forbidden, even to branches. The only  
> exception may be  developers whose access is restricted to branches  
> only.
>
>
> Thank you for understanding,
> Aleksey Bragin.