Re: Handling problems with patches after the patch is pushed

[Trevor]

Carl Sorensen wrote 17/05/2020 18:32:27
> I've been verifying issues from 2.21.1.
>
> This has raised a need for clarification about how we handle issues
> once they have been pushed.
>
> It seems to me that there are at least two possibilities for how this
> should be handled.
>
> 1) Once an issue is accepted and pushed, if there are problems
> resulting from the issue, a new issue should be created.  This lets
> the original issue stand as fixed.
>
> 2) Once an issue is accepted and pushed, if there are problems
> resulting from the issue, the patch should be reverted, the issue
> should be reopened, and the comments should be added to the issue
> discussion.
I definitely prefer (1). I think (2) would potentially run into a 
variety of
further problems, and would make for a confusing trail if it needed
to be followed later. Maybe a comment and pointer could be added
to the first issue to indicate the continuation of the fix.

Trevor