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It's still arbitrary because P99 is an arbitrary percentage. Why not P97 or P90? Or P99.9? And if you have an arbitrary cutoff but make exceptions for _some_ pe
by joemi 3y ago
It's still arbitrary because P99 is an arbitrary percentage. Why not P97 or P90? Or P99.9? And if you have an arbitrary cutoff but make exceptions for _some_ people who are over that cutoff, you're opening yourself up to two things you don't want: more work for yourself to review the special cases, and more complaining from people. Better to have a rule apply to everyone equally.
- vitiral 3y agoThe cutoff is more about "this is the number of bug requests for exceptions" rather than some kind of technical limit. When it's a staffing limit the question becomes less arbitrary.