Neofetch development discontinued, repository archived

🖼️ A command-line system information tool written in bash 3.2+ - dylanaraps/neofetch

The author's profile says this:

"Have taken up farming."

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there should be some kind of notification system whenever something goes unmaintained. ive used unmaintained software for way too long before finding out theres some fork.
- As long as it works perfectly and it makes no security related headlines, i'm fine with running abandoned ware.
  
  If something stops working it's time to find out the alternatives.
  
  Not every little tool needs weekly updates
  
  the finding out alternatives is the annoying part for me, you always have to be on some niche place online (eg lemmy) to discover them. that and ive used a lot of security sensitive abandonware i really wouldnt otherwise.
  
  This
- On arch's user repository, packages can get marked as out of date, unmaintained, and sometimes removed entirely.
  
  i didnt know that, is the user notified somehow?
Software which achieved no actual purpose discontinued. Open source community in tears.
Where's the new rust version?
- https://crates.io/search?q=neofetch brings up 21 versions to choose from (21 are actual neofetch clones). There is also a library to help you write even more of them.
Farming what though?
- He now runs a beet farm/B&B with his cousin.
  
  Sounds like a nice life? I don't have much idea what beet farming is like...
- Lead
  
  Better than bitcoin I suppose
go get FastFetch
Why would this little bash script that does nothing extraordinary need constant updates? Some pieces of software might just be complete as they are.

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