Not only that, but NPM has a process in place now to handle this exact situation: http://blog.npmjs.org/post/141905368000/changes-to-npms-unpublish-policy http:

Not only that, but NPM has a process in place now to handle this exact situation: http://blog.npmjs.org/post/141905368000/changes-to-npms-unpublish-policy http://blog.npmjs.org/post/141905368000/changes-to-npms-unpu... The first response (from which the whole thread devolves) claims "npm does not allow re-publishing the same version", which just isn't true anymore.