An attack on publisher freedom and the power abuse/misuse by npm Inc.(medium.com)

11 pointsby V112 anni fa3 comments

An attack on publisher freedom and the power abuse/misuse by npm Inc.

https://medium.com/p/271013ff33c5

3 comments

You seriously cant see how having one thing named npm which manages JavaScript packages and a completely different thing named npmjs has the potential to confuse people? The standard format for googling a JavaScript library that might have other meanings is [libray]js.

You, the author of npmjs, created this problem four years ago by not exercising due concern for the namespace commons you were polluting and being lazy in not choosing a descriptive, unique name for your package. This situation is 100% your fault, and you should feel shame for what you did not indignation for someone else cleaning up your mess.

Open-npm-central. Npm-client-abracadabra. Pure-js-npm-client.

[domain]-[descriptor]-[giberish] is an easy algo to quicky name your stuff in a responsible way.

sircambridge12 anni fa

Dude just change the name! Can you imagine if you uploaded an app to the apple App Store that contained "Apple" in the name? They'd insta-shut you down.

pvorb12 anni fa

It really IS confusing. You should rename it and everybody would benefit from it.