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https://www.softwareheritage.org/ https://www.softwareheritage.org/
by ashitlerferad 10y ago
https://www.softwareheritage.org/ https://www.softwareheritage.org/
- chubot 10y agoThat's a great effort. Though their mission isn't exactly what I am describing, it's definitely on the way. It seems like it is mostly about collecting source code at this point. But the harder problem is the build and runtime environments (and how to "bottom them out"). Without the ability to execute it, source code has limited utility. "Given that any software component may turn out to be essential in the future, we do not make distinctions and collect all software that is publicly available in source code form."
- ashitlerferad 10y agoThe Debian snapshot service keeps binary packages too: http://snapshot.debian.org/ http://snapshot.debian.org/ The Ubuntu Launchpad system has something similar. Fedora's build servers keep all packages for eternity IIRC.