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by eterm 544 days ago
> software behaving as specified/intended, where that specification/intention has unexpected and/or undesirable consequences

Unexpected behaviour is how I choose to define "bug".

It doesn't matter if the programmer intended it. It's still a bug if it behaves contrary to the user expectation.

It might be that the best resolution is better documentation / training, but it's still worth of a bug being raised to fix.
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homebrewer 544 days ago
You've never had contradictory user requirements thrown at you, with the expectation that you somehow implement them both? By this definition all software with more than one user is buggy, and it's impossible to do otherwise until we get AGI to do everything.
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c22 544 days ago
It's a bug if it behaves contrary to the programmer's expectation. Full stop. There is too much diversity in users to go the other way on this.

If a product doesn't meet a user's expectations it may be a poor fit, improper usage, or even a braindead terrible design, but these are not bugs.

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