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When was the last time the Linux kernel or the gnu utils broke for you? For me? Can't remember.
by zufallsheld 5y ago
When was the last time the Linux kernel or the gnu utils broke for you?
For me? Can't remember.
- tomnipotent 5y agoThe Linux kernel and many other big FOSS receive a non-trivial number of their contributions from professional programmers on the clock at their day job.
- comex 5y agoWhat does that have to do with anything?
- tomnipotent 5y agoIt's not breaking because the contributions are from paid professional developers with commercial priorities and incentives, with internal or external customers often driving those changes. Not unlike Go.
- hsn915 5y agoYea, Linux is another good example, but that's really mostly because of Linus' adament commitement to never break user space. A lot of other people would be happy to break user space programs. As in this famous rant https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75 https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75 For the "gnu" user space programs, I don't use much of them so I can't comment, but for the desktop environment? It's a huge mess. Even with stable/sane environments like xfce, somethings are confusing and brittle, such as getting things setup properly for Kanji/Chinese character input. I've tried it several times, and everytime it takes a lot of effort to get it right, and I always forget what the right steps were. It's not even worth remembering because in a few years it will change.