Re:Static Linking Considered Harmful (2004)
by cycloptic on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @07:49PM
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It seems like this is coming down to a wager that you can get security updates out faster than a distro. Short-term this is probably true, long-term I doubt it. The incentives are not there for you.
If a 10 year old game has been abandoned, I don't mind testing or recompiling it for some security updates. I've done this for lots of open source games. I personally would never work on a closed source game, so most of what you/Ethan are talking about doesn't concern me. The situation changes when you stop trying to sidestep distro maintainers, and start committing to working with them. I get that it's inconvenient to do that and you're not just being difficult, but surely you know the trade-offs.
If a 10 year old game has been abandoned, I don't mind testing or recompiling it for some security updates. I've done this for lots of open source games. I personally would never work on a closed source game, so most of what you/Ethan are talking about doesn't concern me. The situation changes when you stop trying to sidestep distro maintainers, and start committing to working with them. I get that it's inconvenient to do that and you're not just being difficult, but surely you know the trade-offs.