Open Source Software Community - it's about ethics in Code of Conducts

[Kola]

Maybe they're not writing useless webslop?

"useless webslop" that makes you use up to date dependencies?

 

[Hannibalistique]

"useless webslop" that makes you use up to date dependencies?

Yes, were there is an actual cost to updating dependencies. It's not like newer dependencies are automatically better.

 

[306h4Ge5eJUJ]

Yes, were there is an actual cost to updating dependencies. It's not like newer dependencies are automatically better.

There's a significant difference of degree between "we do not immediately update" and "we use Windows 7 in 2026".

 

[Hannibalistique]

There's a significant difference of degree between "we do not immediately update" and "we use Windows 7 in 2026".

I was referring to "why don't they just automatically update all dependencies".

As for why sticking with win7, probably because it was a build machine and less overhead is much more important than security updates for such a machine?