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Well, the Also I'm going to move this into the roadmap, as it's a feature request not a bug. is just as bad. If the process broke my desktop then it is a bug.


What if it was intended to break something? Still a bug? I say "no."

By your definition, all viruses, malware, and ransomware are simply bugs.


If your software ships viruses, malware, and ransomware to a customer as part of an update / install then it most certainly a bug that needs to be fixed now.


You've apparently missed my point entirely. Well done.

I am talking about the malware itself...

Pretend you write malware. Your malware does what you want it to do: it destroys data. Is the data destruction a bug? Nope. Not a defect, either. It's a feature; the intended effect.

Docker intended for Docker Desktop to auto update. So, it's not a bug, but a feature. Misguided feature? Sure. User-hostile feature? Yep! It's a feature, anyway.


Talking about malware has no point in this unless we are talking about something shipped with docker. It is most definitely a bug (or defect) when the software cannot run.


I can solve this silly debate by using the jargon of our times. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a bug, design flaw, dark pattern, bad UX, feature request. It’s a...

Defect!




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