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The question of "how long would a non-famous repository stay alive on github" is actually an interesting thought experiment.
by cellularmitosis 3y ago
The question of "how long would a non-famous repository stay alive on github" is actually an interesting thought experiment.
- simonw 3y agoGitHub's track record on this so far is fantastic. Repos that were created 15 years ago and didn't see another commit since their creation are still there today.
- pgeorgi 3y agoBy this metric, folks should go for sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/p/gnome-napster/code/ https://sourceforge.net/p/gnome-napster/code/ has last seen activity 23 years ago, while https://sourceforge.net/p/primal/code/ci/master/tree/ https://sourceforge.net/p/primal/code/ci/master/tree/ saw changes this year.
- soulofmischief 3y ago> Last Update: 2013-02-19 Am I missing something? Where did you get 23 years from?
- a1o 3y agoThey are living four decades from now in 2040.
- pgeorgi 3y agoLatest commit in CVS. I'm not sure what the Last Update date is about, but I think Sourceforge did some larger data shuffle in 2013, at least there are many orphaned projects where the site claims an update in 2013 even though nothing of the sort happened.
- soulofmischief 3y agoI see, thanks for clearing that up!