I prefer that bugs get fixed when found. In my experience the Java way is 'oh, a bug, well, that's a bug defined in the spec so we can't fix it now, we'll make

I prefer that bugs get fixed when found. In my experience the Java way is 'oh, a bug, well, that's a bug defined in the spec so we can't fix it now, we'll make a note for the next version'...5 years pass. The 'I don't want to touch working code' argument is another strange Javaism. If you expect your code to not rot your going to have to constantly maintain it anyway.