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[Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Francis J. Lacoste
<francis.lacoste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On IRC, Jonathan suggested that it would nice for contributors to have a
> practical list of suggestions to offset their tech-debt for their
> contributions.
>
> https://dev.launchpad.net/PolicyAndProcess/MaintenanceCosts
>
> I've created the HitList subpage which gives some suggestions, based on
> the IRC discussion and Robert's suggestions when the policy was announced.
>
> https://dev.launchpad.net/PolicyAndProcess/MaintenanceCosts/HitList
>
> Feel free to enhance it with your ideas.

Thanks!

I'd rather raise ideas here in case because they probably need refinement:

 * reduce test suite run time without reducing coverage
 * improve test suite coverage (I assume this bypasses LoC restrictions?)
 * something about making tests more focused

I'd add something about improving Launchpad's developer documentation,
but to be honest, I think it needs something radical to happen to it
before mere additions count as improvements.

jml