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sergiotapia on April 25, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: A one-line package broke `npm create-react-app`

True this problem also exists in Rust, even going so far as people "claiming" and SELLING nice package names.

banana_maker on April 25, 2020 | [–]

Name squatting on crates.io is another issue entirely, though. It's also a can of worms that I won't open.

steveklabnik on April 25, 2020 | [–]

I haven’t heard about selling at all. Have a pointer?

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