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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by oriesdan on Sunday October 25, 2020 @09:27AM (#24886098)
It sounds like a good idea, but I'm afraid it may be a nightmare for packagers (like the ones providing packages on GNU/linux distros), as they see updates to upstream only to realize they are just pings and don't need to be repackaged.

It wouldn't be that often, though. And maybe they would actually love to have such heartbeat. I would love to hear a packager on that.

Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by duskwuff on Sunday October 25, 2020 @06:21PM (#24890526)
Packagers should generally only be looking at tagged releases in the upstream repository, though -- not every commit.
Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by mcny on Sunday October 25, 2020 @09:45AM (#24886205)
Personally I'm a fan of zero touch where I as a developer submit my code repo to app store like play store, apple app store, flathub or something and they just build it using a standard definition that the store defines and make it available on the store. Kind of feels like a lot of effort for every distro to look at every change in every application...
Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by ptx on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:52AM (#24886704)
That's what distros do. That's what they are - a collection of vetted software packages tweaked to work together.