[d33]

Obligatory: 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.

[nosuchthing]

See also: "the network that ate my font"

http://verticalsysadmin.com/blog/sysadmin-war-story-the-netw...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15258238

tldr; printers have a hardware cache for fonts that's cleared when rebooted, havoc ensues

[slx26]

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]

And others pile it on in the name of "user friendliness" or "security"...

[majewsky]

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.

[IshKebab]

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.

[jwilk]

LP#255161 is not a heisenbug.

[iagooar]

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.

[ketralnis]

Search that page for “open office will never print on Tuesdays” to find the good bit