Post #2350407
2026-05-07 21:06 UTC
@jorge@hachyderm.io "Goose by itself ships multiple times per week. How does the distribution model scale to delivering this software?"
That's a great question, and that's why I think a panel would be a good format!
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@gordonmessmer@fosstodon.org 2026-05-07 21:06
@jorge@hachyderm.io I think that distributions should work the way that any other package registry works: like PyPI or npm or Crates, etc. So the answer is: a distribution should do what the upstream does. If the upstream provides a stable release series, the distribution should follow it. And if the upstream is a rolling release, the distribution should follow that, too. I think it's bad for distributions to ship software beyond its upstream maintenance window.