Brown-paper-bag bug

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brown-paper-bag bug
Usage: n.


brown-paper-bag bug: n.

A bug in a public software release that is so embarrassing that the author notionally wears a brown paper bag over his head for a while so he won't be recognized on the net. Entered popular usage after the early-1999 release of the first Linux 2.2, which had one. The phrase was used in Linus Torvalds's apology posting.

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Source: brown-paper-bag bug, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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