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> and allow for overall modernisation / forking / maintenance that is needed. Or, it allows for pointless churn, extra work, and breakage of apps that were sti
by yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
> and allow for overall modernisation / forking / maintenance that is needed.
Or, it allows for pointless churn, extra work, and breakage of apps that were still functional until someone yanked their dependencies. This kind of thing is why software rot is even a thing and people remarking that Win32 Is The Only Stable ABI on Linux ( https://blog.hiler.eu/win32-the-only-stable-abi/ https://blog.hiler.eu/win32-the-only-stable-abi/ ).
- mmsc 2y agoUbuntu does not claim they have a stable ABI between major version releases.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoSure? Acknowledging a shortcoming of an OS doesn't remove it.