Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need updates

Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by adolph on Monday September 26, 2022 @07:02PM (#32989744)

What non-game-able metrics do you think an outsider can use to evaluate the quality of a tool? In some ways a "perfect" tool would have no flaws (thus no issues/pull reqs) and be so easy to use (few training updates, SO questions) that it would appear to be dormant.

SQLite seems to hit a good balance. There's always something new but nothing particularly breaking (from my light usage POV), so it looks live.

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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by WesolyKubeczek on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @07:28AM (#32993930)

Filed issues are getting radio silence, no matter their quality.

The author chimes in, says he’ll take a look next evening, then two years whoosh by.

There is an ambitious todo and nothing moves.

The code is in alpha for years, considered unstable, huge exclamation points in the readme that it should not be used, and yet somehow there are hundreds of reverse dependencies and it’s like this for years (usually should mean “RUN!!!”). Sometimes sneaky as it’s not a direct dependency for you, but for those two or three libraries used by like 80% of the ecosystem.

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