Message from @scaryred24
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thats the thing though- if the new version's fucked, people use the old one until an unfucked alternative is presented
for me once the legacy software stops functioning, you are left no choice but to upgrade to a newer variant or adopt something else
you would only hold onto legacy software until something makes it obsolete enough that it would hold no value
you've got it a bit backwards though. Enterprise software (third party at least) conforms to the needs of the consumer
the consumer being the company
which means those companies still end up supporting older versions becasue everyone's on XP/7/whatever
well you know how you get the customer to adopt newer operating systems
you choose to end support for said platforms
by not breaking the OS :^)
and that only works on new versions, which like... people only upgrade for new features/added utility
but the main point is i really dont care what you use for software on your os, i only care for the stability of the os itself
right but in terms of damage caused, a fucked patch isnt as bad as y'all are making it out to be. It happens all the time
it's unfortunate, but it's very surmountable
and then the question is: does a linux fork happen, or does mainline linux get better commits
okay in the short term, you would want to stick with what works the best for the entire scene
in the long term, when the fork gets better, you adopt that
that depends on who you're talking about, but sure
if you want to be an early adopter and use the fork as soon as it comes out, thats fine and all
but if you want stability or just want to run a server, you really dont want this
as linux has a stronger presence in the enterprise industry, it would seem to mater there
give it a few years
it will then affect those who runs servers
the CoC affects everything really
>important contributor hates CoC
>works on fork instead
>fork now has important changes and no CoC
>company now has to choose between CoC version and version with important changes
well the coc means nothing if you dont actively contribute to the scene
if you are paranoid, then sure it would
they are actively contributing, just not to that branch
but just wait until people start pulling their code out of the kernel
like look at LibreOffice/OpenOffice
OpenOffice creator was a dick, so they just forked it. Done
okay thats fine
Look at Nexuiz, where the rights holder decided to go commercial. They changed the name and some assets. Done
its not like the entire backend to the os
no, but it's the same process
do bare im mind that not all open source projects arent treated equally
Sure, but they adhere to the same legal standards as long as they follow the same license
or similar
you can mix and match them
but dont like release that to the public
its one way or the other