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[David Miller]

From: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@systemhalted.org>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:38:12 -0400

> No. A build regression prevents automated reg-testing from being able
> to *run* the reg test since building is a prerequisite. You go from
> having regions of commits where the test passes, and fails, to having
> a third state of unknown when the build doesn't complete. The third
> state of unknown is a real bummer when you're trying to track down
> what commit introduced the breakage.
> 
> Does that explanation make it clearer why I think that build failures
> are more serious than testsuite regressions?

Yes, it does.