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Add package deprecation (yank) support

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
postgresql, typescript
Domain
api, backend

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the existing package and version publishing and download flows, then determine where deprecation state and maintainer actions belong. Done should include an agreed soft-deprecation behavior for packages and individual versions, with coverage for the resulting user-facing behavior.

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Description

Problem

dbdev currently has no way to withdraw a package or version once published — publishing is entirely irreversible.

Other package registries provide mechanisms for this:

  • npm has npm deprecate
  • crates.io has cargo yank

Without a deprecation/yank capability, package maintainers cannot:

  • Warn users away from packages that have been superseded or abandoned
  • Flag specific versions that contain bugs or security issues
  • Signal that a package should no longer be used, without breaking existing installations

A soft deprecation mechanism would allow maintainers to mark packages or individual versions as deprecated while keeping them downloadable so existing users aren't broken.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
443
Forks
31
Avg merge
1h 12m
Merged PRs (30d)
10

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