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		ag_dubs on Oct 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Yarn – A new package manager for JavaScript hi! they are running a mirror of the npm registry which contains all the package data but none of the permissions/user mgmt. this means that they are still dependent on npm infrastructure. npm, Inc strongly encourages people to build and use mirrors. for example, cloudflare (where the mirror lives, and where seb used to work) has been running https://npmjs.cf/ for a long time.

wycats on Oct 11, 2016 [–]

At least speaking for myself, the npm package ecosystem is critical and I wouldn't want to do anything to undermine the integrity of the npm registry.

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