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Multiple security issues in GNU Screen

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414 points st_goliath | 1 comments | 13 May 25 11:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.233s | source
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Trasmatta ◴[13 May 25 12:05 UTC] No.43971964[source]▶
Only tangentially related, but I'm always fascinated that mailing lists are still a thing in 2025.
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KolmogorovComp ◴[13 May 25 12:26 UTC] No.43972137[source]▶
My qualm against them is rather different. Why, after so much time, are they still so user-hostile, both in their web appearance and more generally usage?

It's rhetorical of course, it's because their users are completely blind to their pitfalls after decades of use, and it seems that generation-renewal is not a priority.

Discord servers and other contemporary solutions are much worse on the long run, but it does not matter. Software is like startups, long term is not a goal when you are not sure to survive (or in that case, being used and having contributors) next week.

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1. skydhash ◴[13 May 25 12:45 UTC] No.43972311[source]▶
I don’t think GitHub adds that much over using and contributing to software. I generally prefer when the project have its own website and a proper about and documentation section.

As far as contributing go, coding a bug fix or a new features takes way longer than figuring how sending patch over mail works (for the extreme case) and you only need to do it once.

And opensource is not a popularity contest.