Reply to post: Re: Neat, must remember to put bugs into code so it has to be continuously revised

GitLab U-turns on deleting dormant projects after backlash

bombastic bob Silver badge
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Re: Neat, must remember to put bugs into code so it has to be continuously revised

if the reason for "dormancy" is either 'legacy' or 'was written correctly and needs no fixing', then there needs to be a different metric other than "no commits for the last xxx days". In fact, a STABLE project that RARELY (if ever) changes COULD be the ideal library or utility to include with your product or services... until it gets wiped away because "it has not been 'maintained'".

Even going into slow storage may be completely inappropriate. I hope they consider how often it is cloned or downloaded in that calculation...

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