=?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera <[email protected]> writes: > On 2026-Jun-12, David E. Wheeler wrote: >> On Jun 10, 2026, at 22:53, Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote: >>> or, actually, the bug's not so old: apparently I broke it in >>> e78d1d6d4. Where's my brown paper bag?
>> Oh man, now I want to know what this references! > Is this what you mean? > https://hackersdictionary.com/html/entry/brown-paper-bag-bug.html Yeah, pretty much, though Linus didn't get the phrase out of nowhere. When I use it I tend to think of sports fans whose chosen team is so bad that they feel a need to wear a bag over their heads when attending games. Handy example here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Browns/comments/1g7y29b/going_to_the_game_today_bringing_a_blank_brown/ regards, tom lane
