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Obligatory: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161 I wonder if at one point

by d33 9y ago

Obligatory: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161 I wonder if at one point we'll end up with a crisis that will make us see excessive complexity as a bug on its own.

iagooar 9y ago
Isn't it considered a bad practice already? But same as with regular bugs, complexity is not something one can just stop doing. It's something to actively manage and take care of.
slx26 9y ago
Probably 'bug' is not the best word, but many programmers definitely consider excessive complexity as 'bad design' (unless complexity is inherently unavoidable due to the very nature of the problem).
- digi_owl 9y ago
  And others pile it on in the name of "user friendliness" or "security"...
  - majewsky 9y ago
    User friendliness and security are not the parts that are bad. "Piling them on" is the part that's bad. UX and security need to be considered from day one.
ketralnis 9y ago
Search that page for “open office will never print on Tuesdays” to find the good bit
nosuchthing 9y ago
See also: "the network that ate my font" http://verticalsysadmin.com/blog/sysadmin-war-story-the-network-ate-my-font/ http://verticalsysadmin.com/blog/sysadmin-war-story-the-netw... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15258238 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15258238 tldr; printers have a hardware cache for fonts that's cleared when rebooted, havoc ensues
jwilk 9y ago
LP#255161 is not a heisenbug.
IshKebab 9y ago
Great bug. Disappointing that they all consider it a bug in `file` though, rather than an insane design where printing a document relies on parsing the output of `file`!! Madness.