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Maybe a max-age field for the package manifest? For things like programs that are expected to be finished, this can be infinity, but for things that are expecte

Maybe a max-age field for the package manifest? For things like programs that are expected to be finished, this can be infinity, but for things that are expected to move with a complex ecosysten, could set it to 6 months? Past that point, a prompt is shown to confirm the user wants to install a likely-depreciated package? That way people won't be accidentally exposed to issues from downstream package maintainers being rendered unable to maintain their packages

imglorp 7mo ago
It's not only the age and CVEs but also the provenance. Those third party uploads could come from any rando and could be clean or could be packed with malware. Such items should have a red banner: CAUTION, unofficial, use at your own risk. The other approach is like Docker hub has "docker official image" for popular ones.