Code Freeze means that no code changes except rather small bug fixes and work arounds are acceptable.
Wanted:
- local, few line, obvious fixes of reproduceable bugs
- typical patch size of about 1-2KB
Unwanted:
- refactoring, reformatting of code
- renaming of modules, classes, functions
- adding new files, classes, functions
- bug fixing by:
- major rewrites of functions
- API changes
- widespread changes
- big changes for bugs that are considered rare and uncritical
- implementing feature requests reported as bugs (bug == failing code - if we have no code for it, it is a feature request, not a bug)