libyear: A simple measure of software dependency freshness (libyear.com)
from canpolat@programming.dev to programming@programming.dev on 09 May 2024 13:34
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hperrin@lemmy.world on 10 May 2024 01:10 collapse

I don’t really like this. If my project has one dependency that is one year behind, that’s the same measure as if I have 52 dependencies that are all only one week behind.

As a general indicator, this might be interesting, but it is not useful in determining anything about a piece of software.

You also might want to remain behind, if you support old versions of a runtime, and you shouldn’t be penalized for that. As long as you haven’t missed any security updates, you’re fine.