[kazinator]

> The xz format lacks a version number field. The only reliable way of knowing if a given version of a xz decompressor can decompress a given file is by trial and error.

Wow ... that is inexcusably idiotic. Whoever designed that shouldn't be programming. Out of professional disdain, I pledge never to use this garbage.

[menacingly]

Histrionic reactions don't improve the overall quality of software.

We certainly should have environments where we can tell someone code is shit, it's just silly and counterproductive to then leap to attacks on the abilities on the person behind it.

[kazinator]

Improving badly designed software that is unnecessary in the first place is foolish; just "rm -rf" and never give it another thought.

[zzzcpan]

Welcome to the world of software I guess. Non idiotic things are rare here.

[kazinator]

Not w.r.t. that level of idiotic; and in FOSS, at least, we should be able to eject the idiotic. Thanks in part to articles like this, we can.