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The owner of a repository dying (assumption) is an example why you don't trust modern software? The active maintainers moved the project to a shared repository
by sod 3y ago
The owner of a repository dying (assumption) is an example why you don't trust modern software?
The active maintainers moved the project to a shared repository with a different name 2 years after the creator was seen anywhere.
- sbergot 3y agoYou could argue that "modern" versions of old tools with a bus factor of 1 are harder to trust.
- JetSpiegel 3y agoWhat's the bus factor of coreutils?
- fkyoureadthedoc 3y agoYou could, but it doesn't seem relevant to this post.
- HelloNurse 3y agoThe bus has come, and this is the best possible rescue.
- sillysaurusx 3y ago(Not to take away from your point.) According to https://bsago.me/tech-notes/feed.json https://bsago.me/tech-notes/feed.json the creator was active in September 2022, one year ago. So it’s probably best to assume they’re ok. Personally, I view it as a big success for open source. Someone can make something cool and vanish, and it still lives on via fork. It’s hard to think of any other type of work where that’s possible.
- bombolo 3y ago[dead]