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Re: Hyperspace

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Post by gblargg » Wed, Mar 05, 2025, 9:29 PM UTC

xanderlewis wrote: post #405

gblargg wrote: post #392

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How much time is saved by not comparing full file contents? Given that this is a tool some people will only run occasionally, having it take 30 seconds instead of 15 is a small price to pay for ensuring it doesn't treat two differing files as equal.

Same size, same first and last bytes, and same SHA-256. …and you’re not worried about shark attacks, are you?

I just don't understand why one would intentionally throw chance into a tool that one wants to be 100% robust. It's baffling.

Re: Hyperspace

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Post by cxr » Fri, Mar 07, 2025, 4:45 PM UTC

least wrote: post #499

cxr wrote: post #494

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> An issue tracker, on the other hand, requires active engagement from the developer. Every issue, even low quality ones, require some form of processing Nope.

Yes, it does. The only way it doesn't is by not looking at the issue tracker at all. How do you figure it doesn't?

Do you have to read the entire restaurant menu before ordering?

Re: Hyperspace

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Post by wubrr » Mon, Mar 10, 2025, 5:05 PM UTC

notatallshaw wrote: post #498

wubrr wrote: post #470

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> As someone who maintains critical open-source software, I can strongly empathize, even if it’s not an approach I would take. Pretty strange thing to say in the context of a closed source app.

> Pretty strange thing to say in the context of a closed source app. My intent was to express sympathy to making a closed source app instead of an open source one. Something must have got lost in translation because it fits the context exactly.

It doesn't add anything material to the discussion.

It's equivalent to saying 'I worked on a closed source project and liked it, therefore open source model sucks.'