it's not a bug - it's a feature : ) Limiting coins in circulation may be a great relief for eth (bag)holders... but to be serious - EIP is a more acceptable solution as hard forking on every fool production errors appearance would destabilize market. Doing nothing could bring an unnecessary critics but is certainly more 'decentralized' way of thinking. But hey, ETH is not very decentralized already :<
Whatever king V says shall come to pass. This parity debacle is truly out of the frying pan into the fire, it's horrible for parity users and even worse for Ethereum. It's a hard decision to make, but I think the "third party software users beware" comes out on top at the end.