On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

>
> > I don't have a concrete proposal to make, but I do think that the
> > current patch-queue process is not suited to the project as it stands
> > today.  Maybe if this issue-tracking stuff gets off the ground, we
> > could let developers place ACK or NAK flags on patches they've looked
> > at, and have some rule about ACK-vs-NAK requirements for something to go
> > in.
>
> How about *requiring* test cases that prove the patch?

People including regression tests is not a replacement for code review.
For a non-trivial patch, an SQL test will only exercise a few code paths.
Moreover, it wont say anything about code quality, maintainability or
general correctness or completeness. It will still have to be reviewed.

Thanks

Gavin

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