The fix was merged a year ago. Nobody got it.

Merged Is Not Shipped: Why a Year-Old Fix Never Reached You

A bug got fixed, correctly, a year ago. Then it sat behind glass while the people it was hurting kept reporting it. The fix and the users lived in two different repositories, and nothing ever moved the one pointer between them. I ran into exactly this and traced how it happens.

Also this week:

• The Log Printed Exactly What I Wanted. The Fix Was Still Wrong. Two days chasing a log line, and seeing it print proved nothing.

Harrison