Establish policy for writing regression tests
Ideally, every non-trivial bug fix will have a regression test. Consider making and documenting a policy that requires that bug fixes will have accompanying regression tests, or some searchable justification (Trac keyword?) for why it's infeasible to add one. (Often this is a symptom that the underlying code is too complex and needs refactoring.)
This documentation should probably be somewhere under doc/HACKING
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