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[–] [email protected] 56 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ha, you remember 15 year old bugs? I've "fixed" bugs that were deliberate decisions because the fix was worse then the bug - so I've then unfixed the bug and said "7 years ago xmunk, that was really quite a good decision... SO Y U NO COMMENT!" Of course, since I've fixed the same fix twice it's now burned into my memory so there's no reason to leave a comment at this point.

[–] SpaceNoodle 34 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Maybe for the unlucky soul that inherits it after you get hit by a bus?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago

Nah, they probably remember why I changed it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Sounds like somebody else's problem to me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Coding requirements could be a lot less strict if we just solved this bus problem.

[–] SpaceNoodle 2 points 7 months ago

I tried handling the Bus Fault but it didn't work and I got my CDL suspended

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Getting hit by a star doesn't sound that much better

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Would rm /var/run/kill solve this problem?

[–] ExtraMedicated 4 points 7 months ago

There's been a few times where I had to look into an issue and found a comment I wrote much earlier with a ticket number or link to a previous ticket that explains exactly why this new issue is actually the intended behavior.

It's really helpful when the product owners clearly can't make up their minds about what they want their apps to do.