yarn
GitHub describes it as The 1.x line is frozen - features and bugfixes now happen on https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry. The repository metadata lists JavaScript as its primary language. The metadata lists the NOASSERTION license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.
yarnpkg/yarn: README details
GitHub describes it as The 1.x line is frozen - features and bugfixes now happen on https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry. The repository metadata lists JavaScript as its primary language. The metadata lists the NOASSERTION license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.
Repository scope
GitHub describes it as The 1.x line is frozen - features and bugfixes now happen on https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry. The repository metadata lists JavaScript as its primary language. The metadata lists the NOASSERTION license. The README describes the project this way: ℹ️ Important note This repository holds the sources for Yarn 1.x (latest version at the time of this writing being 1.22). New releases (at this time the 3.2.3, although we're currently working on our next major) are tracked on the yarnpkg/berry repository, this one here being mostly kept for historical purposes and the occasional hotfix we publish to make the migration from 1.x to later releases easier. If you hit bugs or issues with Yarn 1.x, we strongly suggest you migrate to the latest release - at this point they have been maintained longer than 1.x, and many classes of problems have already been addressed there. By using the nodeLinker setting you'll also have the choice of how you want to install your packages: node modules like npm, symlinks like pnpm, or manifest files via Yarn PnP.
README details
The README section "README details" states: Fast: Yarn caches every package it has downloaded, so it never needs to download the same package again. It also does almost everything concurrently to maximize resource utilization. This means even faster installs.
README details
The README section "README details" states: Reliable: Using a detailed but concise lockfile format and a deterministic algorithm for install operations, Yarn is able to guarantee that any installation that works on one system will work exactly the same on another system.
README details
The README section "README details" states: Secure: Yarn uses checksums to verify the integrity of every installed package before its code is executed.
Editorial conclusion
The repository README is the source for this review. It does not replace a local installation or an independent test.
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