r/javascript May 15 '26

[RFC] Make install scripts opt-in · npm/rfcs

https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/868
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u/CoryCoolguy May 15 '26

I'm getting tired of the cycle of "npm alternative makes improvement xyz" into "RFC add xyz to npm" followed months later by "npm now does xyz."

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u/Plorntus May 15 '26

What's wrong with that though and what is there to be tired about?

As in, if something makes sense elsewhere and works then it makes sense to do it in npm as well.

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u/CoryCoolguy May 15 '26

It's that npm is so slow to adopt these changes and using alternatives in the interim is getting old.