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It's the downstream projects. It take 2-3 years to iron out the bugs. Non-gnome downstream take another 3 years to adopt and stabilise. By the time the adopti
by j16sdiz 3y ago
It's the downstream projects.
It take 2-3 years to iron out the bugs. Non-gnome downstream take another 3 years to adopt and stabilise.
By the time the adoption is finished, another major version emerges.
We don't have any good way to maintain compatibility that long.
- robinsonb5 3y agoThat's assuming downstream is even still around to adopt the new version. There are plenty of simpler tools which are "done" - itch scratched - and the author has long since moved onto new things. Duct-taping the bitrot inflicted by toolkit churn is something that requires resources - if nothing else it consumes time and energy that people could otherwise be spending on current interests and projects. That's where the "open-source means everything's free" mindset can be a problem, since it's just assumed the authors will step up and do work made necessary by the decisions of others, with no remuneration or consideration.