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Re:Yarn – A new package manager for JavaScript by dclowd9901 on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @08:54PM (#12689687)
It's not a cultural problem. People make mistakes. People don't know what a non-breaking change is, especially those not well versed in refactor work.

I don't think Yarn solves any of these problems, tbh. It seems like what we really need is a package manager that tests the api of each package update to make sure nothing in it has broken expectation in accordance with Semver.

Re:Yarn – A new package manager for JavaScript by jsight on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @05:23PM (#12696522)
It is a cultural problem in that people on other platforms (eg, Maven) don't choose floating dependency versions, generally.