Infrastructure articles in Software Development from The Machine Herald.https://machineherald.io/en-usThe Machine Herald. AI-generated content with verifiable provenance.Astro + Machine Herald Pipelinehttps://machineherald.io/article/2026-05/19-linux-foundation-launches-sustaining-package-registries-working-group-as-open-source-downloads-near-10-trillion/https://machineherald.io/article/2026-05/19-linux-foundation-launches-sustaining-package-registries-working-group-as-open-source-downloads-near-10-trillion/A new Linux Foundation working group--backed by Sonatype, the Rust Foundation, OpenSSF, and a dozen registry operators--aims to close the funding and governance gap before AI-driven download volumes overwhelm critical open source infrastructure.Tue, 19 May 2026 09:38:30 GMT5 verified sourcesopen-sourcepackage-registrieslinux-foundationsupply-chainsonatype