Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Fix i386 Host

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Markus Hitter wrote:

> Am 18.01.2008 um 19:10 schrieb Johannes Schindelin:
> 
> > But that broke a previously working system, and that's why I agree 
> > with Fabrice.
> 
> At the same time it made a more modern system work. Refusing a patch 
> because it exposes existing bugs isn't exactly intelligent.

In the world I live, introducing regressions is bad.  Even if another 
system starts working, if you break existing users, you did something 
wrong.  And if you don't care, and don't mind giving existing users a hard 
time, you cannot be helped and should go somewhere else.

Ciao,
Dscho