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I always wonder why Linux doesn't seem to have any kind of tests. How can they afford not to have regression tests for bugs they fixed? How do they know that th
by virtualized 8y ago
I always wonder why Linux doesn't seem to have any kind of tests. How can they afford not to have regression tests for bugs they fixed? How do they know that this bug fix didn't break anything? What does "never break userspace" even mean if there is no way to check whether userspace has been broken?
- chronolitus 8y agoI guess the user is the test.
- cosarara 8y agoNever break userspace means that if you break userspace, that's a bug. The effort spent on preventing bugs is another matter.
- jibal 8y agohttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/3177338/how-is-the-linux-kernel-tested https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3177338/how-is-the-linux...