[Zope] Ruling from the bench regarding 'Hotfixes' :)

Brian Lloyd brian.lloyd@zope.com
Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:14:03 -0400


> > Jargon: why not "coolfix" instead?  It connotes:
> > 	1 - No severity (cool vs. hot)
> > 	2 - Novelty (cool==neat)
> > 	3 - It does indeed make some changes to the core, but nothing
> > crucial
> > 	4 - It doesn't require you to feed it bananas ;)
> 
> Although saving money on bananas would be good, "fix" implies 
> that something
> is broken.

Right. I'd be fine with monkey patch (or anything else that doesn't
include "hot" "fix" or is otherwise confusable with hotfix).


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