Testing

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Wed Dec 6 20:08:34 UTC 2017


Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>:
> 
> > If dev with merge-approver power pushes to a branch and then merges it, how
> > is the entailed risk any different from a direct push? 
> 
> We could add a policy that somebody else do the push, presumably after 
> checking the code.  With details of "check" TBD.
> 
> How many of your changes need to actually hit the repo in less than 24 hours?

Depends on whether you think rapidly clearing bugs is important.  I do.

I'm really, really reluctant to consent to a policy that increases my
process friction.  My experiences with the consequences of that kind of
choice have never been positive.
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