> You can always do the both. > If there was an "easy" fix that can be applied in a day or two, > it should have been done. Agreed. However, when someone ask

> You can always do the both. > If there was an "easy" fix that can be applied in a day or two, > it should have been done. Agreed. However, when someone asks for this, the implicit assumptions are that the "easy fix" - actually fixes the symptoms (even though ignoring the root-cause), - and does NOT introduce additional unexpected behaviour. Ensuring this may sometimes make the easy fix just as time-consuming as a proper fix, thus favouring doing it once properly.