If the nine words "I'm from the government and I'm here to help" are supposed to be the most terrifying in the western world, then surely the six words "It's just a two line change" strike fear into the hearts of software project managers everywhere.
It's not just the glib assumption that a small fix should reassure, or the implication that it's somehow safer and requires less testing.
The implication is that the design is fine, and just needs a tweak. For true bugs, of course, this is often true but in many cases the reassurance is more that refactoring is unnecessary.
Refactoring is always desirable, and unless you're simply fixing a typo I'd suggest a long hard look at why this 'fix' is required and how it was previously overlooked.
It's not just the glib assumption that a small fix should reassure, or the implication that it's somehow safer and requires less testing.
The implication is that the design is fine, and just needs a tweak. For true bugs, of course, this is often true but in many cases the reassurance is more that refactoring is unnecessary.
Refactoring is always desirable, and unless you're simply fixing a typo I'd suggest a long hard look at why this 'fix' is required and how it was previously overlooked.
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