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Re: Worrisome bug trend

From
Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Date
Feb 27, 2007, 20:25 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> I take that as a sign that git hasn't been exercised well and
> yet more ancient bugs are sleeping, waiting to be triggered, not
> as a sign that we are very careful and adding only small number
> of risky new code in the releases.
>   
No! It's a sign that there aren't enough tests :)
Maybe investigate the coverage of the test suite?
Sam.
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  1. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2007
  2. Randal L. SchwartzFeb 27, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinFeb 27, 2007
  5. Alexandre JulliardFeb 27, 2007
  6. Dmitry V. LevinFeb 27, 2007
  7. Jakub NarebskiMar 3, 2007
  8. Andy ParkinsFeb 27, 2007
  9. Linus TorvaldsFeb 27, 2007
  10. Johannes SchindelinFeb 27, 2007
  11. Sam VilainFeb 27, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2007
  13. Johannes SchindelinFeb 27, 2007
  14. Robin RosenbergFeb 27, 2007

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