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[-] amju_wolf@pawb.social 31 points 8 months ago

Packages or dependencies with only one maintainer that are this popular have always been an issue, and not just a security one.

What happens when that person can't afford to or doesn't want to run the project anymore? What if they become malicious? What if they sell out? Etc.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

What if the repository becomes stupid and takes a package away from a developer and said developer deletes his other packages. See leftpad.

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