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> Now, he is ready to hand off PCRE2 as well, if a successor can be found. My dear friend Jia Tan – although I hear they go by a different name now – might be
by throwaway89201 2y ago
> Now, he is ready to hand off PCRE2 as well, if a successor can be found.
My dear friend Jia Tan – although I hear they go by a different name now – might be interested in taking over maintenance of PCRE.
- bee_rider 2y ago> I asked Hazel, given the recent XZ backdoor attempt, how he intended to vet any prospective PCRE2 maintainers. He replied that it was a good question "to which I have no answer. I will have to see who (if anyone) makes an offer". He’s clearly aware of the problem, so there’s that at least. It is a tricky one.
- mistrial9 2y agoso this "clever" drive-by comment is the extent of dealing with the actual systemic situation.. while every person reading this is benefiting from the software, and some not reading this are trading stocks on surveillance software. "go buy some stock" is the next useful comment on this? FU basically?