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1 sat \ 5 replies \ @SimpleStacker 4h \ parent \ on: Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every Git pull devs

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

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35 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 4h

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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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