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Posted by birdculture 1 day ago

Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out(nesbitt.io)
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notorandit 1 day ago||
Repsy
stephenlf 1 day ago||
Omarchy
BlueTemplar 1 day ago||
Wait, isn't fossil based on sqlite ?

Or does fossil itself still have the same issues ?

holyknight 1 day ago||
It’s basically the same thing that always happens when you choose a technology because it’s convenient rather than a great fit for your problem. Sooner or later, you’ll hit a wall. Just because you can cook a salmon in your dishwasher doesn’t mean you should.
encom 1 day ago||
>[Homebrew] Auto-updates now run every 24 hours instead of every 5 minutes[...]

That is such an insane default, I'm at a loss for words.

croemer 1 day ago||
You mean the 5 minutes is insane, right?
justsomehnguy 1 day ago||
Every time I things like I really want to punch people over TCP/IP. UDP wouldn't suffice.
gjvc 1 day ago||
sqlite seems to be ideal for a package manager
sigwinch 1 day ago||
I feel like the rqlite people would have a lot to say about how to coordinate your installations, especially for the high-bandwidth non-desktop installs.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45257349

mirekrusin 1 day ago||
...or scm [0]

[0] https://fossil-scm.org

aniou 1 day ago||
As side note. Maybe someone knows, why rust devs chose an already used name for language changes proposal? "RFC" was already taken and well-established and I simply refuse to accept that someone wasn't aware about Request For Comments - and if it was true and clash was created deliberately, then it was rude and arrogant.

Every, ...king time, when I read something like "RFC 2789 introduced a sparse HTTP protocol." my brain suffers from a short-circuit. BTW: RFC 2789 is a "Mail Monitoring MIB".

adastra22 1 day ago||
There are many, many RFC collections. Including many that predate the IETF. Some even predate computers.
aniou 1 day ago||
But they were in different domains. Here, we have a strong clash because Rust is positioning itself as secure system and internet language and computer and internet standard are already defined by RFC-s. So, it may be not uncommon, when someone would tell about Rust mechanisms, defined by particular RFC in context of handling particular protocol, defined by... well... RFC too. But not by rust-one.

Not so smart, when we realize, that one of aspects of secure and reliable system is elimination of ambiguities.

Conan_Kudo 21 hours ago||
Ask them, don't ask us. They have a public interface, you can ask them to change the name to something unique.
eviks 1 day ago||
Indeed, the seductive nature of bad tools lying close to your hand - no need to lift your butt to get them!
unit149 1 day ago|
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