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When "Everything" Becomes Too Much: The npm Package Chaos of 2024 (socket.dev)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We've since realized there is an issue with "star" versions - a.k.a depending on any/all versions of another package ( "package-xyz": "*" ) - any version of that package is now unable to unpublish.

kinda reminds me of the 'reply all' snafu that microsoft caused themselves with early exchange server, the complete system failures, and the subsequent attempts at controlling that feature