[OT] What's "QED"? (was Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades)
Andrew L. Gould
algould at datawok.com
Tue Jun 8 09:49:39 PDT 2004
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 12:36:47 -0400
Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:
> Peter Risdon <peter at 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"?
>
> --
> Bill Moran
If I recall correctly, it's Latin: "quod erat demonstrandum", meaning
"as it has been demonstrated".
Andrew Gould
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