> You can always do the both.

> If there was an "easy" fix that can be applied in a day or two,

> it should have been done. Agreed.

However, when someone asks for this, the implicit assumptions are that the "easy fix"

- actually fixes the symptoms (even though ignoring the root-cause),

- and does NOT introduce additional unexpected behaviour.

Ensuring this may sometimes make the easy fix just as time-consuming as a proper fix, thus favouring doing it once properly.