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Puppet is getting forked (fosstodon.org)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

(In news like this, it would be useful to at least include a link or some minimal context to see what it's about. Followers of that mastodon account should be familiar with what the hell is puppet, but this is a general programming community.)

Puppet, an automated administrative engine for your Linux, Unix, and Windows systems, performs administrative tasks (such as adding users, installing packages, and updating server configurations) based on a centralized specification.

https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet

And I guess this is the reason for the fork: https://www.puppet.com/blog/open-source-puppet-updates-2025

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I had no idea that Perforce had acquired Puppet Labs. I'm honestly surprised that Perforce is still in business considering they make the worst version control software I've ever used, and that was before Git was invented.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Wait - are Perforce the clowns behind Visual Source Safe? I entered the workforce only a few years after git really entered the market and had to migrate a project off of VSS.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Ubiquitous in the games industry unfortunately, for at least the art side but often code as well.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Perforce is used, either officially or as a licensed derivative, by some very big name tech companies. I can't name names, but you very likely wrote this comment on a platform whose code is managed by Perforce.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Like I said, I've used it.

you very likely wrote this comment on a platform whose code is managed by Perforce

I'm a bit confused by this comment. Lemmy uses Git for version control. Where did you think I wrote this?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Maybe they meant the device?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

I like the take that they have in that thread: Perforce is forking Puppet into a non-Open Source version (but they're keeping the name).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is Puppet getting forked hard?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

you better believe it. the hardest forking youve ever seen

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Hhhhyeah fork me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Playwright is still fully oss with no “closed” fork?