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allowedPackageDependencies should have require a minimum package version for each package

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
ci-cd, security

Research direction

Start by locating the allowedPackageDependencies configuration and the CI validation entry point in this repository. Trace how package dependencies are checked, then verify that each listed package requires a minimum version and that vulnerable dependency changes are rejected by CI.

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Description

So that CI can disallow changes to packages that depend on external packages with security vulnerabilities.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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422
Forks
238
Avg merge
1d 4h
Merged PRs (30d)
8

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