As I understand the discipline expected in the Zope community: When approaching a bug, begin by writing a test which fails due to the bug. Then fix the code such that the test succeeds.
Patches which don't follow this convention are not considered. (code without tests is assumed buggy) On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Edward K. Ream <edream...@gmail.com> wrote: > Imo, the key to reliability is to avoid backward steps. > > It's like a ratchet: we only want to move forward. > > Unit tests give teeth to the ratchet. > > There can be no kaizen (continuous incremental improvement) unless the > overall direction of all changes is forward. > > Of course, there may be retrograde motions, provided that they brief > and temporary. When backsliding happens, unit tests or other test > scripts ensure the movement is temporary. > > Edward > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
