Idea to gain the time of wider testing.

[Ben Elliston]

On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 20:56 +0100, J.C. Pizarro wrote:

> I've ideas when there are repetitive processes as e.g. the testing processes.
> 
> Q1. Why to lose time testing the same reiterated files that always had worked
>     for many months or years?

To use an old expression, "past performance is no guarantee of future
performance".  Just because a test has passed hundreds of times before
does not mean that a small change will not introduce a regression.  In
my experience, sometimes regressions  occur where I least expect them.

Ben