On 26 Mar 2009, at 18:39, chromatic wrote:
On Thursday 26 March 2009 11:27:13 Michael G Schwern wrote:
If I was to come up with a good argument as to why not to run the
tests in
production that would be it. The possibility of screwing up the
production
data is too great.
That's the only reason I wouldn't do it, either -- and in that case,
I'd try
to find a way to make screwing up production data impossible. Some
people see
reasons why you can't or shouldn't run tests on production
machines. I see
obstacles to remove. (Note that that attitude doesn't always work.)
That would be my preference to.
I absolutely run my tests on the production box - and that's saved my
(and the customer's) bacon on several occasions over the years.
Cheers,
Adrian
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