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That sounds like it was caught by luck, unless there was some test explicitly with that configuration in the QA process?
by martin-adams 2y ago
That sounds like it was caught by luck, unless there was some test explicitly with that configuration in the QA process?
- dagmx 2y agoA lot of QA, especially at the system level, is just luck. That’s why it’s so important to dogfood internally imho. And by internally I don’t just mean the development team, but anyone and everyone at the company who is allowed to have access to early builds.
- account42 2y agoThere's "something that requires highly specific conditions managed to slip past QA" and then there's "our update brought down literally everyone using the software". This isn't a matter of bad luck.
- jokab 2y agoMaybe thru luck, they're gonna uncover another xz utils backdoor MS version, but its probably gonna get covered up because, Microsoft