Peter Kaminski <kaminski(a)istori.com> writes:
Great reminder, Brion.
Do any devs have suggestions of what to do instead of checking in broken
code? Or even code you're not sure about? Tips, reminders, places/ways
to ask for help?
Last year, I was a new committer and was getting some of the same
complaints about my code over and over again. I wrote up the Pre-commit
checklist (
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pre-commit_checklist) to
remind myself of the gotcha's that got me and how to avoid them.
And yesterday, after a coding hiatus, I made a few commits, forgot about
my pre-commit checklist, and made some of those same bone-headed
mistakes.
For people like me, such a list is invaluable. It is like forcing
spell-check before sending an email.
Mark.