[HN Gopher] Haiku Depot Server Technology Modernisation
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       Haiku Depot Server Technology Modernisation
        
       Author : warrenm
       Score  : 54 points
       Date   : 2023-04-06 13:20 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.haiku-os.org)
        
       | krylon wrote:
       | TL;DR - it's written in Java, and they are migrating their
       | codebase from Java 11 to Java 17 as well as updating some
       | dependencies while they are working on it.
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       | Nothing glamorous, but necessary to keep their infrastructure up
       | and running.
        
         | user3939382 wrote:
         | It's awesome that they have team members willing to tackle the
         | unglamorous hard stuff. Long-term that's where the quality
         | comes from.
        
       | sreejithr wrote:
       | Who here uses Haiku OS? I'm genuinely curious. In today's age
       | where everything is web-based, I don't see how OSs are relevant
       | anymore.
        
       | komadori wrote:
       | An article on haiku-os.org which begins "Java technology has been
       | moving forward much faster in recent years...". I honestly
       | thought it must be the start of a belated April fools joke!
        
         | skrebbel wrote:
         | Why? Java the language used to develop super slowly but the
         | last few years it got a lot of improvements quickly.
        
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