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[Blake Rouse <blake.rouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

+1

I always thought creating a bug for every XXX was a hassle and took more
time than it was worth when it was something small and simple.

- Blake

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 5:55 AM, Gavin Panella <gavin.panella@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Should we relax or modify our policy around XXXs? Some observations:
>
> * It's a hassle to file a bug every time we see a small issue in the
>   code and want to flag it for the next person.
>
> * Having a bug as well as an XXX in the code is a disproportionate
>   overhead for many small issues.
>
> * Fixing an unrelated bug can, as a side-effect, resolve an XXX or two.
>   Remembering to resolve the XXX bugs when the branch eventually lands
>   is overhead too.
>
> * The paperwork is also "back end" overhead, when a developer has
>   mentally moved onto the next task. Context switches are bad.
>
> * We may be avoiding XXXs because of the bug-filing requirement, in
>   effect reducing the communication between developers.
>
> How about doing something like: keep XXX as it is (i.e. still require a
> bug report) and use FIXME for small things that don't warrant the
> overhead of a bug? We'd want an automated report on FIXMEs (and XXX and
> TODO) but we ought to do that anyway.
>
> Please vote with your +1s or make alternative suggestions!
>
> Thanks, Gavin.
>
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