PiVPN Releases Final Version and Announces Project Shutdown
PiVPN Releases Final Version and Announces Project Shutdown

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PiVPN Releases Final Version and Announces Project Shutdown

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Bravo
If I ever maintain a FOSS Project this one will be one of the things I need to figure out along the way, surely there's someone trustworthy out there, surely
But why take a chance? It's easy for anybody who's truly interested to fork it, and if you're calling it a day it's all the same to you.
The problem with endorsing someone else is that they inherit all the clout without having put their time in. Let them prove themselves.
Lesson learned from the whole XZ thing. Anything related to security does run the risk of nation state actors abusing trust. Makes it hard to do right
Maybe he learned from what happened to uBO before the "Origin" label was needed.
I don't see a problem in forking, except for issues regarding logistics
I vaguely remember some money calculating-related project guy who received a PR that heavily optimized and updated the project. Since he was very busy and no longer really wanted to maintain the project, rather than reviewing and merging the commit, he gave the contributor complete access to the repo for them to maintain the project at their own discretion. The project was unpopular back then—when he looked back a few years later, he was surprised to discover that the project had racked up several thousands of stars.