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geetee on March 24, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: NPM and Left-Pad: Have We Forgotten How to Program...

You can't republish with the same version number, so you would be protected if you're pinned to a specific release.

Retric on March 24, 2016 [–]

At which point you don't get bug fixes. This is an old problem and there is no good solution.

paulddraper on March 25, 2016 | [–]

You get bug fixes when you upgrade, deliberately.

whynaut on March 25, 2016 | | [–]

This is what everyone should do ideally, but that means your solution is conscientiousness, and good luck spreading that across all your dependencies.

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