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It would be really neat if the eventually introduce some type of dependency sharing. Ie, huge project X built on top of Y and Z show that 30% of donations go t
by asdkhadsj 7y ago
It would be really neat if the eventually introduce some type of dependency sharing.
Ie, huge project X built on top of Y and Z show that 30% of donations go to Y and Z.
If Github can start automatically recognizing dependencies it could also incentivize people to "properly" (whatever that means) share donations.
- asymptotically2 7y ago>If Github can start automatically recognizing dependencies I think that they already do this for JavaScript, Ruby, and Python dependencies[0]. However I don't think doing it automatically is the way to go, one dependency may be "worth" way more than another, and some dependencies may go undetected (e.g. if I conditionally sneak -lfoo into my LDLIBS somewhere) [0]: https://github.blog/2017-11-16-introducing-security-alerts-on-github/ https://github.blog/2017-11-16-introducing-security-alerts-o...
- asdkhadsj 7y agoYea, definitely agree about automatically. For me the biggest problem with automatic is, exactly as you said, the worth of varying projects. I think automatic inclusion would also run the risk of OSS becoming less integrated. Ie, if I include another dependency I risk losing money, incentivizing me to reinvent wheels so long as I have the ability.