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We are ALL familiar with small and "obvious" bug fixes that end up with
horrendous side effects elsewhere.
 
Nevertheless, I think that Bernadette and others are WAY off-base to conclude
that ALL bug fixes require 8 person-weeks of multiplatform testing before
release.
 
In my "TEditText Bug" message I gave a very specific example of a very concrete
bug. I also presented the English-language version of a very specific one-line
fix.
 
 
In this particular case, I suggested that an EditText should set a particular
field of its floating TEView when the latter is created. Please note the
following:
 
1) The floating TEView is used ONLY by TEditText. Anything you do to the
fPreferOutline field of the floating TEView is GUARANTEED to not have distant
side-effects.
 
2) There is only ONE floating TEView at a time. Anything you do to it will only
affect the CURRENT edit-text field. This is GUARANTEED.
 
3) There is only ONE place where the floating TEView is ever installed. This is
the only place where this bug needs to be fixed.
 
4) My proposed change affects only on-screen appearance. It cannot POSSIBLY
cause a crash or any other unexpected behaviors.
 
 
If one of the above statements is incorrect, please tell me and I will shut up.
If not, though, I stand by my assertion that this is a perfect example of a bug
fix that can be verified "by sight".
 
-- Dave Goldman
   Research Software Design