[Zope3-dev] Re: The bug fixing problem

[Marius Gedminas]

On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 07:58:24PM +0200, dieter at handshake.de wrote:
> Philipp von Weitershausen wrote at 2006-7-6 18:29 +0200:
> > ... fixing a trivial error without a unit test ...
...
> If the test is as trivial as the fix, then one can easily add it
> (if one is not confident that the bug is truely fixed).
> 
> If not, the about a quarter to half an hour timeframe is
> easily exhausted and if you insist on the test, you
> get neither the test nor the fix.

I think in this case the best thing to do is to upload the patch to the
collector and let someone else write the unit test.  The fix will not be
lost, and it will be reviewed by a second pair of eyes.

Marius Gedminas
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