Not quite a work freeze. There is a subtle difference in that only the most critical code fixes will go in, we'd just document everything else and come up with solutions for the rest.
So this isn't exactly a 100% code freeze. There are still critical fixes that might go in with managerial understanding and approval.
The downside is people then start saying things like "my fix doesn't require any code changes, only SQL changes." I am not trying to be pedantic and say SQL is code, which it is, Rather, if the change could be done better in C# but we do a workaround in the database layer, that isn't exactly ideal.
So this isn't exactly a 100% code freeze. There are still critical fixes that might go in with managerial understanding and approval.
The downside is people then start saying things like "my fix doesn't require any code changes, only SQL changes." I am not trying to be pedantic and say SQL is code, which it is, Rather, if the change could be done better in C# but we do a workaround in the database layer, that isn't exactly ideal.