northernnoel@lemmy.sweeney.social to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoOpen Source Keyboard with Swipe for Androidmessage-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareOpen Source Keyboard with Swipe for Androidnorthernnoel@lemmy.sweeney.social to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebiddy@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIf it’s feature complete, a keyboard doesn’t need regular updates. According to the other thread it’s not feature complete, so it could be abandoned. Since it’s FOSS any enthusiastic person could stop it from being abandoned.
minus-square7heo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoIt’s “early beta”. It has been for 15 months. This doesn’t qualify as a software that “doesn’t need updates”. Edit: there have been commits, just no releases or tags…
minus-squarebiddy@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI agree in this case. But there’s a narrative that software needs regular updates or it’s worthless, but some things are just done and stable.
If it’s feature complete, a keyboard doesn’t need regular updates. According to the other thread it’s not feature complete, so it could be abandoned. Since it’s FOSS any enthusiastic person could stop it from being abandoned.
It’s “early beta”. It has been for 15 months. This doesn’t qualify as a software that “doesn’t need updates”.
Edit: there have been commits, just no releases or tags…
I agree in this case.
But there’s a narrative that software needs regular updates or it’s worthless, but some things are just done and stable.