one more time -- broadcom wireless on f7
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Thu Aug 16 11:28:53 UTC 2007
Timothy Murphy wrote:
>
> There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of different WiFi devices.
> It seems to me that the onus is on the developer
> to ensure as far as possible that changes he/she makes do not impinge
> on devices working with the previous version.
Unless the developer has access to all those devices and the time and
resources to test every single change, they are going to rely on other
folks to test changes and report any issues.
> I'm not sure if "testing" is really the best, or even a feasible,
> way of doing this.
> Perhaps the developer should ask himself, "Is it conceivable
> that this change may not work with some device somewhere in the universe?"
Pretty much any change can cause regressions.
Rahul
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