For me it was obvious, but if people are surprised by this, then improving the documentation is probably a good idea. Just curious... the change has been submitted to trybots before landing, hasn't it?
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:03, Dan Kegel <[email protected]> wrote: > > An external contributor was recently surprised that a change tested > on linux was reverted because it broke the build on windows. > (His mental model was that linux developers don't have to > worry about other platforms, that's what windows developers are for.) > He said that none of the doc at dev.chromium.org covered this, so I had a > look. > > http://dev.chromium.org/developers/core-principles > lists four core categories: Speed, Security, Stability, and Simplicity. > Under Stability, it says > > "We try to write as many automated tests as we can, to make sure that > the product is still functioning as intended. We close the tree when > the tests fail. We revert changes that break them." > > That seems to cover it, but it is a bit buried, and it doesn't > really announce our commitment to full support of all three > platforms. > > Anyone think we need to add some text that emphasizes that developers need > to worry about more than just their own platform? > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
