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Re:It’s OK for your open source library to be a bit shitty (... by Vinnl on Sunday May 17, 2020 @04:57AM (#23210671)
> Why even let people publish packages if they're not meant to?

I don't think GP even so much as insinuated in their post that people aren't meant to publish packages in general.

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Re:It’s OK for your open source library to be a bit shitty (... by matheusmoreira on Sunday May 17, 2020 @08:14PM (#23216792)
The argument was: only packages which are good enough for production use ought to be published on official package repositories. This allows people to assume that all packages on the repository are stable, well maintained, good quality software without manually verifying each dependency.

So why even let random people sign up a developer account and publish packages? Maybe they need a separate curated "serious packages only" repository.

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