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Re 2: Perhaps the auditor isn't referring to open source products being shutdown, but rather package info being pulled abruptly making the package inaccessible
by tedmiston 10y ago
Re 2: Perhaps the auditor isn't referring to open source products being shutdown, but rather package info being pulled abruptly making the package inaccessible for some period of time. Particularly I'm thinking of the whole npm left-pad fiasco (http://blog.npmjs.org/post/141577284765/kik-left-pad-and-npm http://blog.npmjs.org/post/141577284765/kik-left-pad-and-npm, https://medium.com/@azerbike/i-ve-just-liberated-my-modules-9045c06be67c https://medium.com/@azerbike/i-ve-just-liberated-my-modules-...).
- op00to 10y agoA responsible enterprise shouldn't be basing production deployments on package repositories that can get yanked. Mirror that shit if you want to keep making money.