@moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 19 hours agoLinus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainerswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square386fedilinkarrow-up1823arrow-down124
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minus-squareYeetPicslinkfedilinkEnglish32•12 hours ago I don’t understand the benefit in doing this. Security. Torvalds did this for security. Is it really that hard to parse?
minus-squarer00tylinkfedilink4•11 hours agoAnd I’ll say the same here as I did above. If it was for security, their code is tainted too. It’s an arbitrary reaction that is not complete as a solution to anything.
minus-squarewaldenlinkfedilinkEnglish11•9 hours agoThey can check existing code. You have to be able to trust people who are contributing. They can check new code by these risky people as it comes in, but it why risk it?
Security. Torvalds did this for security.
Is it really that hard to parse?
And I’ll say the same here as I did above. If it was for security, their code is tainted too. It’s an arbitrary reaction that is not complete as a solution to anything.
They can check existing code. You have to be able to trust people who are contributing.
They can check new code by these risky people as it comes in, but it why risk it?