On Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 12:33:40 AM UTC+1, Richard Feldman wrote: > > There is no unpublish feature, and it's important that there never be one > <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/23/npm_left_pad_chaos/>. :) >
That's too simplistic, you can also break lots of projects by publishing a version of a package with a serious bug. And what if it's a security bug that somehow exposes sensitive information? In such a case unpublishing makes sense. > If you want to deprecate a package, I recommend publishing a new major > release that removes everything and replaces the README with an explanation > of how the package is gone now (and perhaps what to use instead). > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
