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Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments

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2525 points hownottowrite | 2 comments | 08 Oct 19 09:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.729s | source
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Aozi ◴[08 Oct 19 10:29 UTC] No.21190660[source]▶
What we need is a JS developer to take down an important package from NPM in protest, thus breaking the Internet again.
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byte1918 ◴[08 Oct 19 10:41 UTC] No.21190743[source]▶
The NPM fiasco should no longer be possible

If you want to unpublish a package after 72 hours have passed, contact npm Support. For more information about why we don’t allow users to unpublish packages after 72 hours, see our unpublish policy.

https://docs.npmjs.com/unpublishing-packages-from-the-regist...

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Crinus ◴[08 Oct 19 10:50 UTC] No.21190806[source]▶
Not sure how npm works in detail, doesn't it pull directly from devs' repositories? In that case can't the devs just publish an update that breaks everything?
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1. parsimo2010 ◴[08 Oct 19 11:00 UTC] No.21190870[source]▶
npm allows for installation of specific versions. So even if a dev publishes a new version that breaks you can select a previous version known to work. A good dev shouldn’t be updating willy-nilly to the latest version just because it’s the latest. They ought to spec a particular version and update after testing.
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2. monocasa ◴[08 Oct 19 13:11 UTC] No.21191856[source]▶
Doesn't npm allow a dev to replace or redact already released versions?