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Seeing stuff on sourceforge makes me immediately distrustful of the project. Like it feels neglected, forgotten.... Buggy. Is this generally true for projects y
by lighttower 10y ago
Seeing stuff on sourceforge makes me immediately distrustful of the project. Like it feels neglected, forgotten.... Buggy. Is this generally true for projects you've seen?
- taspeotis 10y ago> Like it feels neglected, forgotten I feel that way about most SourceForge projects, too. If you check out this project's history [1] the last commit was in 2013. Not that working software needs regular change, but as a rule of thumb it's nice to see recent commits. [1] https://sourceforge.net/p/isse/code/ci/master/tree/ https://sourceforge.net/p/isse/code/ci/master/tree/
- ashitlerferad 10y agoFor me, neglected stuff seems like an opportunity to contribute, not something to distrust. SourceForge also allows folks to take over abandoned projects.
- rcthompson 10y agoThe stronger indicator for me is seeing that the software is written for someone's thesis. Typically that means that development stopped on graduation.