You Break It, You Fix It
August 2nd, 2008
(From The Build Master )
This leads to one of the most important rules in the build lab: The build team never fixes build breaks, regardless of how trivial the break is. That’s the developer’s responsibility. We took this a step further: The developer who breaks the build has to go to his development machine, check out the file, fix it, and then go through all the check-in process steps again.
Build Breaks Always Have the Highest Priority for Everyone
This rule means that if you are a developer and you can fix the build break, and the developer who broke the build cannot be found, you should fix it immediately. Afterward, send an e-mail to the developer and the build team explaining what you did to fix the build, and remind your co-worker that he owes you a favor.
