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This is sadly true. We need to return back to the Unix Philosophy of do one thing and do it well. None of these multi-purpose tools that have terrible feature c
by therealEleix 5y ago
This is sadly true. We need to return back to the Unix Philosophy of do one thing and do it well. None of these multi-purpose tools that have terrible feature creep and try to take over everything cough systemd cough. In all seriousness though, a lot of software that should be simple and easy to audit ends up having all these dependencies that are ether no longer maintained or doesn't get the necessary code reviews and it isn't until stuff like this happens that it actually comes to light.
I'm all for re-using code when rebuilding the wheel would be a hassle but it has to be balanced with proper code review before it should be included. Developers are much too quick to include outside code with the assumption that other people have already done the necessary reviews and this is where a lot of devs are getting bit.