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Re: Swift Package Index joins Apple

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Post by jshier »

Not optimistic here. While I'm glad the SPI guys are getting paid (that is, a full time job), Apple is pretty bad at open source and developer services both, and they explicitly call out developer identity as a future direction, which doesn't fill me with hope.

Re: Swift Package Index joins Apple

#4

Post by SoKamil »

jshier wrote: post #2

Not optimistic here. While I'm glad the SPI guys are getting paid (that is, a full time job), Apple is pretty bad at open source and developer services both, and they explicitly call out developer identity as a future direction, which doesn't fill me with hope.

This acquisition sounds like a sign that Apple wants to get better on that front.

Re: Swift Package Index joins Apple

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Post by marcelox86 »

jshier wrote: post #2

Not optimistic here. While I'm glad the SPI guys are getting paid (that is, a full time job), Apple is pretty bad at open source and developer services both, and they explicitly call out developer identity as a future direction, which doesn't fill me with hope.

I see the opposite, they have a lot of oss projects nowadays and most of their new, interesting stuff is getting open sourced too, a la Microsoft

Re: Swift Package Index joins Apple

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Post by jshier »

marcelox86 wrote: post #6
jshier wrote: post #2

Not optimistic here. While I'm glad the SPI guys are getting paid (that is, a full time job), Apple is pretty bad at open source and developer services both, and they explicitly call out developer identity as a future direction, which doesn't fill me with hope.

I see the opposite, they have a lot of oss projects nowadays and most of their new, interesting stuff is getting open sourced too, a la Microsoft

Simply being open doesn't make them good open source projects. Luckily the SPI shouldn't need to conform to Apple's release schedule, and should operate mostly independently, so the worst aspects of Apple's open source projects will be less of an issue.

Re: Swift Package Index joins Apple

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Post by jshier »

SoKamil wrote: post #4
jshier wrote: post #2

Not optimistic here. While I'm glad the SPI guys are getting paid (that is, a full time job), Apple is pretty bad at open source and developer services both, and they explicitly call out developer identity as a future direction, which doesn't fill me with hope.

This acquisition sounds like a sign that Apple wants to get better on that front.

That's a pretty low bar, and doesn't necessarily mean "good".
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