alt Hacker NewsIs it really legitimate to have build time network deps? It just means the full source wasn't published and there's some hidden source being downloaded
Is it really legitimate to have build time network deps? It just means the full source wasn't published and there's some hidden source being downloaded
I don’t know, I don’t have a value position on it. I just think it does happen as a matter of course.
(Legitimate seems like a gray area to me — it’s common for applications to have a downloadable installer that then bootstraps the actual program, for example. Is this good or bad? I don’t know!)