Post #3255831
2026-05-29 16:18 UTC
@odd@mstdn.social @hailey@hails.org
I don't expect non-buggy versions of rsync to be dropped in favor of slopcoded ones.
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@eschwartz@fosstodon.org 2026-05-29 16:28
@odd@mstdn.social @hailey@hails.org The fact that Gentoo, unusually among distros, actually supports (unlimited) multiple versions of a package and for users to pick and choose their versions, means there is a *lot* of latitude for isolating the dangers of slopcoding destroying a package. It's generally always possible to discover that the project fell apart and stopped working, and just tell portage to reinstall the old version. Removing slopcoded trash from the distro is "simply" a matter of removing one choice.