On 2018-02-05, Roberto C Sánchez <robe...@debian.org> wrote: >> >> It is not rare that the behavior of utilities change and break >> scripts. So, why not here, in particular for a good reason? >> > It is equally common, perhaps even more so, that buggy behavior is > retained (especially if it is not harmful) and that "correct" behavior > require a switch or setting. I am not personally affected by this, as > far as I know, but as a software developer I can certainly understand > wanting to retain backward compatibility, even when it is buggy.
That's certainly why all bona fide linux hackers in the know commiserate so readily with Windows' bug compatibility "features". ;-) Or maybe I should have said, *afin de mettre tout le monde d'accord*, that the principle of bug compatibility taken to facetious extremes gets you the entomological leviathan that is Windows. > Regards, > > -Roberto > -- “True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” – Kurt Vonnegut
