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Mike McQuaid 5 March 2026 at 17:29

Great post here from Andrew, particularly on why Homebrew doesn’t need a NPM-style cooldown.

https://nesbitt.io/2026/03/04/package-managers-need-to-cool-down.html#language-vs-system-package-managers

Package Managers Need to Cool Down
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Package Managers Need to Cool Down
A survey of dependency cooldown support across package managers and update tools.
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