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> Very small projects given enough time can be cut almost perfectly up front, a few patches maybe then it's done. Perhaps there needs to be a bigger distinctio
by DougBTX 7y ago
> Very small projects given enough time can be cut almost perfectly up front, a few patches maybe then it's done.
Perhaps there needs to be a bigger distinction between "unchanging" and "unmaintained".
In your example, a project could be unchanging simply because there is nothing to do, it is "done". But if a bug was found, would someone fix it? That's when maintained vs unmaintained would matter, perhaps it is only possible to know how well something is being maintained until problems are reported...
- tomxor 7y agoYes this is a better distinction, I suppose the problem is that inactivity tends to be equated with lack of maintenance - regardless of whether there are still people around that care but have nothing to do.