alt Hacker NewsI agree, but let's say you are looking for a library to solve your problem - you see one repo updated 2 weeks ago and the other one updated 5 years ago - which one do you choose?
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9rx • today at 10:39 AM
That depends. What problem do I have, exactly?
Do I need a library to sort an array? The 5 years ago option is going to be the more likely choice. A library updated 2 weeks ago is highly suspicious.
Do I need a library to provide timezone information? The 2 weeks ago option, unquestionably. The 5 years ago option will now be woefully out of date.
Perhaps some kind of ‘this code is still alive’ flag is key. Even just updating the project. Watching issues. Anything showing ‘active but done’.