On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Isaac Schlueter <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Another option might be to let authors add an "enginesStrict" boolean
> > flag in their package.json which would say, "No, seriously, this WILL
> > NOT WORK except with the specified versions, so don't even try to use
> > it."
>
> How does that strike you?  Then it would be a warning, unless the
> author says, "No, srsly, I really mean it," in which case, it'd use
> the current behavior.  (And please don't do that for 0.8.x, because
> it's probably just going to be annoying in a few months, like how
> "0.6.x" is now.)
>

I think it's a dumb idea, sorry - why even have the "engines" flag now? Are
we next going to have dependenciesStrict?

What was wrong with the fix I suggested?

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