Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:38:41PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: | On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:09:41PM +0200, A. Loonstra wrote: | > How long would it take, normally?| | There is no normal when it comes to bugfixes. Depends on how trivial| or non-trivial the bug is. It also depends on opinions with respect to the "bug". Sometimes you might call something a bug but someone else calls it a feature. Sometimes, too, a given "bug" is considered the lesser of two evils. In these situations then the bug might not get fixed.
What you are specifically talking about is termed "regression fault" in software engineering lingo. Basically, fixing one problem introduces other problems. If they are bad enough, as you pointed out they may be, it is not worth it to fix the original bug until a suitable solution can be found for both. -Roberto
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