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		growse on April 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almo... The docs could be better, sure, but where did this idea what "interfaces can never be changed" come from?

marcosdumay on April 1, 2024 [–]

It comes from the idea that your computer shouldn't stop working at random.

But surely, what is needed is "interfaces can never be changed without redefining your project in a way that makes absolutely obvious it's incompatible with its past". Systemd fails that one too.

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