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Ask HN: Is it time to stop putting the version in package.json?

Posted by xDmytri on Sunday April 05, 2026 @10:49AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I made a tool called `hipp` to eliminate 'chore: version bump' commits for npm packages, and I included simple content integrity as a bonus.The idea is to keep the package.json version at 0.0.0, tag your release in git (e.g., v1.2.3), and publish.HIPP rewrites the version on the fly and appends a signed manifest to the README with a disposable key.Is there something I haven't thought of that...

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Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This on Monday November 09, 2020 @05:35PM (#25040789)

For the most part the PPL is intended for consumer information commodities, this could be software, but not captial information comodities like server software or programming languages, but rather books, movies, video games, end-user consumer desktop top software, etc.

For capital information goods I recommend the GPL, or even BSD style licenses depending on what it is and who is making it and what their plan is.

Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:51AM (#25034769)

Hey, original author of the Peer Production license here.

AMA

Re:Continuous Everything as Code on Friday May 29, 2020 @11:04AM (#23350745)

Hey, I'm the author, I like romantic poetry and long walks on the beach, if you have any questions or a list of demands, let me know.