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433 points LawnGnome | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 01:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source

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blueflow ◴[28 Aug 25 09:58 UTC] No.45050331[source]▶

>>45047460 (OP) #

If they had done an activity check they would have seen that half of all projects have zero maintainers.

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ysofunny ◴[28 Aug 25 12:21 UTC] No.45051284[source]▶

>>45050331 #

software once "perfected" (working well enough long enough) needs NO maintenance. No cleaning. No calibrating/tunning.

updating is a systemic issue, not a per-project matter

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1. rs186 ◴[28 Aug 25 16:14 UTC] No.45053967[source]▶

>>45051284 #

LOL. As soon as Python 3.8 is deprecated/replaced by Python 3.9+ in most systems, python packages that depend on old APIs become useless until updated. Any half decent software engineer understands this.

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