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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Subject: [OT] What's "QED"? (was Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades)
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Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> wrote:

> Robert Huff wrote:
> 
> >Peter Risdon writes:
> >
> >> I suppose what I'm driving at is whether the RELENG_4 branch sees
> >> many commits that are likely to be problematic.
> >>    
> >	In general, no.
> >	On the other hand ... think of this as a Murphy's Law scenario:
> >if you automate, it _will_ break horribly two days before some
> >absolutely critical deadline.
> >  
> 
> QED

I must be "out of touch" with my jargon ...

What's "QED"?

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