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Failing builds, the sound of silence

I'm sure that everyone has heard the riddle 'If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?'. This riddle is all about observation and knowledge of reality.

Well, I have a riddle for software teams following TDD.

'If a build fails and no-one fixes it, did it actually fail?'

Till next time,

Published Nov 07 2007, 07:00 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: Methodology, TDD, Humor, Opinion

Comments

Mladen said:

Of course it didn't fail.

it just started a new cycle of non-fixing life :)

# November 7, 2007 8:51 AM

Eber Irigoyen said:

mm... that would correspond more to "if a tree falls in a forest and no one picks it up, did it actually fall?"

I would translate it more to a

"if you find a bug in your app, and no one notices (doesn't affect anyone) it, is it actually a bug?"

# November 7, 2007 6:56 PM

Derik Whittaker said:

@Eber,

No, it is not a bug. At that point it would be called an undocumented, undiscovered feature.

# November 7, 2007 8:32 PM

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About Derik Whittaker

Derik is a .Net Developer/Architect specializing in WinForms working out the northern suburbs of Chicago. He is also believer and advocate for Agile development including SCRUM, TDD, CI, etc.

When Derik is not writing code he can be found spending time with his wife and young son, climbing on his bouldering wall, watching sports (mostly baseball), and generally vegging out.