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1 sat \ 6 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 4h \ parent \ on: Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every Git pull devs

pay for git pull or companies use open source repositories?

No, why would someone need to download the same code hundreds of thousands of times a day?

The download is part of some build process script and it's easier to download from the source on every build than manage a cache.

1 sat \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3h

Oh, huh. I guess that makes sense? I don't quite know how these package managers work. I thought you download it once and now you have a copy on your machine. You only need to redownload if upgrading to a new version

69 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 3h

They probably aren't using a package manager, or at least one that persists between builds, because package managers cache.

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 3h

I see. Custom build script then? Coz I thought even amateurs just use package managers most of the time like npm and pip

68 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 3h

Yep custom and these build systems often don't persist the package manager's cache - preferring to start from a blank slate.