The npm ecosystem is massive, but it's the only PL packaging tool I'm aware of that has a for-profit company backing it. As a result, it has several full-time devs.
Perhaps other PLs would benefit from a similar setup?
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GitHub is backing up public repositories in a long-term archive format in the arctic! https://github.blog/2020-07-16-github-archive-program-the-journey-of-the-worlds-open-source-code-to-the-arctic/
Overall this is a great idea, but I have a few old scrappy public repos that *really* don't need to last hundreds of years.
I've come to see any database other than sqlite as premature optimisation. Running a separate DB process, securing it, backing it up: they're all more hassle with production DBs.
I'm not sure what the key-value or document store equivalent is though.
Thought-provoking article: scale OS software by corporate backing, or monetise PR review, as merging PR labour is scarce! https://twitter.com/nayafia/status/906953748143935489