Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:34:52 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_kse.c Message-ID: <200711152234.lAFMYqAJ041777@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: <473CB21A.1000501@elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer writes: | Robert Watson wrote: | > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Julian Elischer wrote: | >>>> "no matter how small the change, use diff + patch to move it across." | >>> | >>> After applying the patch on your commit machine, is it too difficult | >>> to actually retest before committing? This would catch the broken | >>> commit before it becomes a Tinderbox issue. | >>> | >>> Seems to be a QA problem on your part. | >> | >> yes.. but I can't do a compile from my mac. (my commit machine). The | >> answer is to be rigorous about how I move the patch from the build | >> machine to the commit machine. | >> | >> This is a temporary situation. new infrastructure will let me commit | >> from my build machine again. | > | > I find having a copy of Parallels (or VMWare) around very useful for | > precisely this situation -- it means that even when I have only the Mac | > around I can easily do a local test build. The various VM packages | > certainly have their limitations, but they're far better than nothing. | | It's a PPC Bochs is free and emulates on pretty much whatever. Even with emulation it is probably much faster then some machines we used to use. Doug A.
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