It's getting to the point where you need a curated list of packages. On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Edin Mujagić <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, I was just wondering if there is any kind of solution to potential > problem of massive amount of packages on npm that are: > > - old packages that use old apis > - packages that are init commit > - packages that are broken by new npm versions > > I understand node ecosystem is all about minimal packages that solve very > specific problem domains and are glued together by user in their > applications. > > But there are growing number of packages that are basically abandoned. And > when you take a look at commits you see something like 2 years ago ... 4 > years ago, and also there are more then few issues and some of pull > requests that aren't commented and authors show no sign of life of project. > > My question is: > - Does anybody governing node, npm and similiar stuff is aware of these > issues, and is there potential solution to them? > - Are we limited to forking and producing new modules with same / similar > name - which I believe would be more confusing? > > I am asking this because on a daily basis I am encountering packages that > have latest commit years ago, and maybe some pull requests and few issues > but are well done packages and are unusable just because of new version of > node, expres, etc... > > -- > Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > New group rules: > https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md > Old group rules: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAEhqW4EzamYn_AdcgFuRZ%2Bj8cG1W24G%2BzuAbUefz5dY%2BBFdt2w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAEhqW4EzamYn_AdcgFuRZ%2Bj8cG1W24G%2BzuAbUefz5dY%2BBFdt2w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAFszCkNE%2B8JWvpdjwn4LbQVH%3DjAWayKowe8Xs64pm0p%2B3rtuaw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
