Didn't something similar happen last year? I think it was packages with similar names.
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#22Don't. Deploy. From. Internet.
Seriously, you shouldn't depend on third party things existing happily to cut releases of your software. Mirror, vendor, proxy, whatever -- but absolutely you should strive to yourself be the biggest weakness in your dependency chain.
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#23Yikes, what is it about node/npm/javascript that makes it feel like a house of cards?
Because it is... It's mollochian complexity heaped on top of layers of excrement and ducktape, and we have collectively entered a state of mass Stockholm Syndrome about the situation.
I really would love to ditch web dev and all its myriad tendrils, and go back to native desktop software.
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#24Glad we cache ours on ProGet now!
Not a ProGet user here, but this definitely seems like a good idea.
What are the open-source / self-hosting options here? It gets a little messy with all the sub-dependencies, doesn't it?
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#26So they didn't learn anything from left-pad situation from 1.5 year ago?
Packages that are published should be immutable, just like in maven repo case.
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#27> Update - Most of the deleted packages have been restored and installation of those packages should succeed. Nine packages are still in the process of restoration.
> Jan 6, 20:12 UTC
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#28Wow, they comment faster there than one can read :D
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#29So, funny story: I registered the "nazi" npm package. When you require it, it says "I did nazi that coming." That's it. (Though it would've been a funny name for a linter.) ... Or it did. I received a harshly worded letter from npm saying they axed it. It hit all the talking points about inclusiveness and making sure no one feels even slightly annoyed. Meh. No point to this story. Just an interesting situation with a…
Does "stalinist" work?