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		betaby 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NIH is cheaper than the wrong dependency Vendoring is somewhat an answer, but not always. I have some python code, vitrualenv is an obvious solution. However, older modules depend on older python3.9 behavior. And python 3.9 EOL is October 2025.

skydhash 7 months ago | [–]

Vendoring is taking the responsibility to maintain it as part of your codebase instead of relying on third party, not just capturing a snapshot.

eviks 7 months ago | [–]

What's the difference vs a state where you wrote the code many years ago that defends on 3.9?

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