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Re:Many packages suddenly disappeared by abritinthebay on Saturday January 06, 2018 @08:06PM (#16088451)
No JS framework does that because they version things. Run the same versions and it works.

If you’re not pinning versions correctly that’s hardly JS’s fault.

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Re:Many packages suddenly disappeared by greenleafjacob on Saturday January 06, 2018 @08:17PM (#16088501)
This is a cultural thing, where developers will decide when to invest in developing their library against the old version and when for the new version. For stable languages like C, or distro supported packages it’s years - just check out Debian or Red Hat for an ecosystem that values stability.
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Re:Many packages suddenly disappeared by abritinthebay on Sunday January 07, 2018 @04:29PM (#16092855)
Sure, and at the scale & purpose of Debian or Red Hat that’s extremely important.

But that’s nothing to do with bad versioning practices and everything to do with product priorities.

Also C versions are have the same issue. Try to build a C11 project with a C89 compiler. Hell I’ve had C89 code not work in clang...

Versions affect everything.

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