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Re:The Most Prolific Packager for Alpine Linux Is Stepping Away by lannisterstark on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:59PM (#36947267)
That's...not what they meant. That's not what's happening either. It discourages newer maintainers. older maintainers eventually retire.

What a strange POV. "Thank goodness x and y are blocked off."

Now make the same argument for proprietary software. "Thank goodness x or y don't allow just randos to touch their source code and make PRs. That'd be DISASTROUS!"

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Re:The Most Prolific Packager for Alpine Linux Is Stepping Away by crznp on Monday July 31, 2023 @04:39PM (#36948455)
I don't think it is a strange point of view: Fedora is a good outcome, so don't question how the sausage is made.

Maybe it is shortsighted in the long run? We'll see. I'm glad that we have choices -- AUR on one hand, Fedora on the other (and Debian, Alpine, etc)

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