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PiVPN v4.6.0: The End

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Re: PiVPN v4.6.0: The End

#11
post #9

This is the best way to conclude a project like this, I wish more clear cut "this is the end" choices were made. An ecosystem with zombie projects isn't healthy.

Why? I wish people would put their projects in something like https://www.codeshelter.co so anyone who's interested can maintain them, instead of just killing them.

Re: PiVPN v4.6.0: The End

#13
post #11
post #9

This is the best way to conclude a project like this, I wish more clear cut "this is the end" choices were made. An ecosystem with zombie projects isn't healthy.

Why? I wish people would put their projects in something like https://www.codeshelter.co so anyone who's interested can maintain them, instead of just killing them.

Do you, as the project maintainer and possibly even founder, trust these people?

Re: PiVPN v4.6.0: The End

#14
post #11
post #9

This is the best way to conclude a project like this, I wish more clear cut "this is the end" choices were made. An ecosystem with zombie projects isn't healthy.

Why? I wish people would put their projects in something like https://www.codeshelter.co so anyone who's interested can maintain them, instead of just killing them.

They can still fork the project and continue maintaining it if they want. Nobody's stopping them.

Re: PiVPN v4.6.0: The End

#15
post #11
post #9

This is the best way to conclude a project like this, I wish more clear cut "this is the end" choices were made. An ecosystem with zombie projects isn't healthy.

Why? I wish people would put their projects in something like https://www.codeshelter.co so anyone who's interested can maintain them, instead of just killing them.

The project can be forked with a single click. That’s the beauty of GitHub.

Re: PiVPN v4.6.0: The End

#16
post #11
post #9

This is the best way to conclude a project like this, I wish more clear cut "this is the end" choices were made. An ecosystem with zombie projects isn't healthy.

Why? I wish people would put their projects in something like https://www.codeshelter.co so anyone who's interested can maintain them, instead of just killing them.

You can maintain it right now. Make a fork, and continue development. You might even get some shoutout from the original devs. It's all open source after all, making this repo read-only doesn't mean the project's dead if the community is vibrant enough.

Re: PiVPN v4.6.0: The End

#17
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? I wish people would put their projects in something like https://www.codeshelter.co so anyone who's interested can maintain them, instead of just killing them.

You can maintain it right now. Make a fork, and continue development. You might even get some shoutout from the original devs. It's all open source after all, making this repo read-only doesn't mean the project's dead if the community is vibrant enough.

The community matters. It's one thing to get control of the official websites, official packages, etc, and another to have to tell every single user "come use my fork".

Re: PiVPN v4.6.0: The End

#18
post #11
post #9

This is the best way to conclude a project like this, I wish more clear cut "this is the end" choices were made. An ecosystem with zombie projects isn't healthy.

Why? I wish people would put their projects in something like https://www.codeshelter.co so anyone who's interested can maintain them, instead of just killing them.

Isn't xz a prime example of why we don't just hand over the reigns anymore? Like the guy said, they can just fork it.

Re: PiVPN v4.6.0: The End

#19
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? I wish people would put their projects in something like https://www.codeshelter.co so anyone who's interested can maintain them, instead of just killing them.

Do you, as the project maintainer and possibly even founder, trust these people?

The maintainers are vetted before joining, and are removed if they do something untoward, but when the choice is between killing the project or giving it to some random person, Code Shelter provides a better alternative.
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