Re: Current stable tag slip status 23-Mar-2005

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andreas Hauser wrote:

> dillon wrote @ Thu, 24 Mar 2005 04:25:32 -0800 (PST):
>
>
> >    Try this patch.  It took 8 hours to find the bug, but I definitely
> >    found it.  The patch should fix it but I haven't completely tested
> >    it.
>
> *wonders how 8 Matt hours translate into Man Month of ordinary people*

on the evidence....

Rare skill, *very* rare. But straightforward.

- The ability to hold a multi-dimensional model
in the 'mind's eye' of the entire code block's causal
relationships - perhaps the whole system it is part of.

My bet is that he simply 'steps inside' the code and
mentally 'walks about' in it - as if it were a house
being searched for an intruder.

Hard part is the rest of the 'city'.

> >    This patch should correct the problem and also pipeline TCP ops a bit
> >    better.  It will be committed on thursday if my overnight testing
> >    succeeds.
>
>
> The patch fixed it for me.
>
>
> Andy

Bill