>>FOSS and reading all the code...
Don't forget, you have to compile from source as well. I'm thinking the parent you replied to forgot how awful sourceforge was, and even trustworthy projects could have garbage bundled in.
Don't forget, you have to compile from source as well. I'm thinking the parent you replied to forgot how awful sourceforge was, and even trustworthy projects could have garbage bundled in.
(In reference to the classic paper: https://www.archive.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/712.fall02/papers/p7...)
I'm thinking along the lines of google's blog on Meltdown and Spectre recently that basically said if two things are on the same processor.... there's nothing you can do now security wise and be sure about it.
Let me guess: you also dislike GitHub because it's closed, and wish people would distribute software from their own, self-hosted git repositories?
Sourceforge is a hostile source of malware : https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list/2015-May...
You mock those who desire freedom at your own risk. Github is microsoft now, and supporting it feeds the beast.
Oh no, it's the 90s and Micro$oft is evil! They're going to embrace, extend, extinguish all my open source software! I won't be free to develop software anymore!
I'm quite happy with Microsoft, and if supporting GitHub "feeds the beast", then I'm likewise happy to see that beast well-fed.
Under new management, SourceForge moves to put badness in past https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under...
> Hi, president of SourceForge here. Glad this is trending, albeit a few months later. These articles seem to trend on HN every few months, with many people not realizing SourceForge changed ownership in 2016 and that the new team's been working hard on improving. To be clear, we had nothing to do with the bundled adware decisions of 2015, and when we took over in 2016, the first thing we did was remove the bundled adware, as well as institute malware scans for every project on the site. We're working hard to restore trust, so if we win some of you back that would be cool. However, we're just focused on doing right by our million daily users.