Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades

From: Peter Risdon (peter_at_circlesquared.com)
Date: 06/08/04

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To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>

    Robert Huff wrote:

    >Peter Risdon writes:
    >
    >
    >
    >> I suppose what I'm driving at is whether the RELENG_4 branch sees
    >> many commits that are likely to be problematic.
    >>
    >>
    >
    > In general, no.
    > On the other hand ... think of this as a Murphy's Law scenario:
    >if you automate, it _will_ break horribly two days before some
    >absolutely critical deadline.
    >
    >

    QED

    Peter.

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