Comment by Aeolun
20 hours ago
Is it really that much effort to maintain something? I’ll admit I haven’t the foggiest, my most maintained thing having like 200 stars or something, but if I leave it alone for half a year it doesn’t suddenly combust into flame.
> Is it really that much effort to maintain something?
yes
see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921198 for start
lol so a backup system was brittle enough that it needs a guy constantly working on it? which implies I need to constantly update?
Motte: if you stop maintaining a project, it won’t become unusable in six months.
Bailey: maintaining a popular project is not that much work.
What?