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Re:Many packages suddenly disappeared by naasking on Sunday January 07, 2018 @08:43AM (#16090818)
> Granted it wouldn't save those adding a new package to a project the first time

Right, that's the real problem.

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Re:Many packages suddenly disappeared by no29 on Sunday January 07, 2018 @03:07PM (#16092384)
independent site that maps packages to author certs that npm uses for verification at install time?

also, this is a problem that every package mgmt system faces. they alert on changes on upgrade but there's a requirement at the end user level to verify that at install time, the cert being trusted is the right one.

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