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▲ bombcar a day ago

Exactly, it was using the file utility to determine what it was so it could print it correctly (by processing it if needed to a format the printer understood) and there was a bug in that.

▲bitwize a day ago | parent [-]

This is one of those "VLC is slow to start because of a bug in Windows" things. It's VLC's responsibility to ensure their program runs properly on the OS people actually have. It's LibreOffice's responsibility to ensure that their files print on Tuesday irrespective of bugs in CUPS (which ships with the Mac).

▲ssl-3 a day ago | parent | next [-]

It's important that software behaves well on systems with bugs. (All systems have bugs.)

▲braiamp a day ago | parent | prev [-]

So, Windows gets a pass for being sloppy coded? Give me a break. Every software must fulfill their contract with every consumer rather than consumer have to work around producers quirks. "All means are fair except solving the problem"[0]

0: https://yosefk.com/blog/all-means-are-fair-except-solving-th...