when it's your screensaver, and I can break into your computer using a bug that's been publicized, so every idiot with access to Google knows about it, yes there's something wrong with running old software. that's just my opinion though. btw, where's your office?
Yeah, but it's a problem for the person who wants to run old software. It's their choice, I support that choice. As long as it doesn't affect me, I'm fully supportive. Of course I'll be affected if my data is stored on such a server, but I'm assuming some level of competence here.
I personally run on latest, apply all updates zealously within a week or two.
I don't like leaving this decision up to either the maintainers or the author, TBH.
They have different goals/purposes, often, and they frequently don't line up with my own.
Maintainers are exhausting in their own right, they do a ton of work and so they think their decisions are more important because of the work they do, user be damned...
Authors usually only care about their version of the software.
I think, a better medium, would be if a third party is packaging an application, perhaps they should always explicitly state they are the ones packaging it. Then there is less confusion.
Or, you know, let the author keep control of that...
