Thoughts on a patching system
The team I work with was thinking about how to build a patching process for the software that we have inherited (which none of us like). So I quickly came up with the following solution and emailed it to the team (I changed some software and team names here…):
[java]public class Patcher {
public void patchIt() {
try {
File repositoryDirectory = Software.getRepository();
repositoryDirectory.backup( “/backup/repository” );
Software.uninstall();
Software.wipeFromDrive();
Team.designApplicationFromScratch();
Team.codeApplication();
AwesomeApplication app = Team.installApplication();
app.importFromBackup( “/backup/repository” );
app.start();
Team.celebrateInstallation();
Team.patEachOtherOnBack();
Team.revelInTheGloryOfBeautifulCode();
Team.maintainAppWithoutFrustration();
}
catch( ResistanceToDoingItRightException e ) {
Team.cry();
patchItAnyway();
Team.eraseJunkSoftwareFromMemory();
}
}
}
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