Maybe a hint?

Posted Jan 16, 2026 14:08 UTC (Fri) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: Maybe a hint? by koflerdavid
Parent article: Debian discusses removing GTK 2 for forky

> If the tool will be needed for longer than about five years (just ballparking that number) then you really need to consider the software lifecycle of your dependencies as well.

The mistake you (and far too many others) keep making is by treating "some random person wrote some software and released it on the internet" as a binding commitment to perpetually support and maintain said software. Worse yet, do so in accordance with <formal software engineering process>. Even worse yet, do so for free.

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Maybe a hint?

Posted Jan 22, 2026 10:31 UTC (Thu) by davidgerard (guest, #100304) [Link] (1 responses)

The case at hand is Red Hat, not a single volunteer FOSS developer.

Maybe a hint?

Posted Jan 22, 2026 11:02 UTC (Thu) by farnz (subscriber, #17727) [Link]

If it's Red Hat, then you should be able to negotiate longer support via your support contract with Red Hat.

Else, Red Hat is just another volunteer FOSS developer. They might be a big one, thanks to the money they make selling support contracts for FOSS, but unless you're paying them to fix things for you, they're a volunteer.