2026-09-14 14:05 UTC
Void Linux maintainer orphans 100+ packages over AI policy dispute
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@hperrin@lemmy.ca 2026-09-14 14:38
It’s because they changed the deal! The deal I had to write code, and now the deal is that I have to write code and not not write code! That’s crazy! - The maintainer, probably
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@echedeylr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-09-14 15:29
i will rewrite the title as “Slopper tried to be a maintainer on void linux, abducted and orphaned 100 packages they maintained after being forced to comply”
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@ratjefe@lemmy.today 2026-09-14 15:59
ah, and the challenges to scale once again hit the wall … they’ll have to use AI to police maintainers to keep them from using AI 😂
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@very_well_lost@lemmy.world 2026-09-14 17:08
AI or not, I refuse to believe anyone is capable of being the sole maintainer of 100+ anything while preserving any kind of quality. Most of these packages were probably functionally abandoned already, if not technically.