[ros-dev] Regression fixing

[Aleksey Bragin]

Hello,
as you all know we have quite a lot of regressions recently, and  
recently they only add up to one another causing annoyances of  
testers and developers. There is a strong need to change this  
situation as soon as possible, otherwise the project's future is  
undetermined.

I want to propose a step-by-step approach. Our brave testing team has  
created a good overview of the most important regressions and bugs we  
have so far: http://www.reactos.org/wiki/Buglist .

Now, very important(!):
For the first step I would like ALL developers to drop their current  
ReactOS-related work, including all work in branches or wherever else  
and focus ONLY on fixing regressions from that list. The goal is to  
fix all confirmed regressions that have been introduced, starting  
from the most recent and going down to the most ancient. All possible  
ways to remove a regression could be used: starting from a proper fix  
and finishing with a total revert or commenting out even good code.

Process coordination: feel free to commit proper fixes right away,  
however as for reverts, I, and/or comittee of our core devs, would  
like to have a final say on whether something should be reverted.

I repeat, all other non-regression related commits to the official  
ReactOS SVN repository are forbidden, even to branches. The only  
exception may be  developers whose access is restricted to branches  
only.


Thank you for understanding,
Aleksey Bragin.