Hacker News with Generative AI: Software Maintenance

The reality of long-term software maintenance from the maintainer's perspective (construct.net)
I was reading about a dispute involving the Linux kernel recently (which for the record I don't think either side handled well), and I realised something: very few people seem to understand the reality of maintaining large software projects in the long term.
Ask HN: Does frequently upgrading dependencies add real value to a product? (ycombinator.com)
Dependency upgrades are a routine part of maintaining software projects.
Debian Developers Figuring Out Plan for Removing More Unmaintained Packages (phoronix.com)