> It sounds that what is needed is some sort of formal regression testing:
>
> * A complete test suite that would exercise every part of Linux.
> This would help find problems introduced by patches quickly &
> cheaply (CPU time is cheap).
> * This must be for *everything*, not just the kernel, but also for
> major components (eg: modules, libc, samba, vim, ...).
You know, people are already doing this: Red Hat, Debian, SuSE etc.
They test, integrate and make available/sell systems where the
components work together.
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