On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry@baikal.ru> wrote:
Henri Verbeet <hverbeet@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 18 October 2011 10:45, Damjan Jovanovic <damjan.jov@gmail.com> wrote:
> > (especially during "reverse regression testing"), users find it too long and
> > technical, and only a small minority of regressions are ever bisected. And
> Not true. Even for the regressions that are still open it's currently
> 276 bisected vs. 99 not bisected, and Alexandre said about 90% of
> opened regressions get fixed.

Moreover, often users get asked 'does reverting commit xxxx' help? Without
performing a proper regression test it's impossible to asnwer that question.


Reverting a commit in the latest git is just 1 round of patch+configure+make+run, and reverting to the commit before it in the binary repository is just one git command. Why would you need a "proper regression test"?