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Just in case you don’t know, packages can no longer be pulled from npm by the developer. At least not without emailing someone. And you need a very good reason - like that version is ransomware.

The particular pulled package version identifier (foo@1.0.1) can also never be reused. If you audit 1.0.1, it will never change out from under you.

The leftpad fiasco was hilarious and embarrassing. But it can’t happen again because of changes in npm policy.




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