On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 09:27:03AM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Jun, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Anders Logg <[email protected]> wrote:
> >How do we handle small bug fixes, like for example a small change
> >proposed on the list yesterday about removing a debug print statement
> >when extrapolating functions.
> >
> >It would take me less than a minute to fix if I fixed it directly in
> >`master`, but 1-2 days if I first need to create an issue + a branch
> >for the issue, then fix it, test it, merge into next, wait one day and
> >then merge into master.
> >
> >The overhead for following our guidelines is quite substantial in this
> >case, so in my opinion it's better to risk breaking `master` for
> >quick fixes like this one, especially since such small changes can be
> >easily reverted.
>
> Since we started with the current work flow, we've made small
> changes in master. For me, small changes that are unlikely to break
> anything or generate any controversy should be made in master.

Great.

--
Anders
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