Malicious JavaScript package was only active on the npm repository for two weeks. …read more Source:: Linux
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Snake bites: Beware malicious Python libraries
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By Serdar Yegulalp Earlier this week, two Python libraries containing malicious code were removed from the Python Package Index (PyPI), Python’s official repository for third-party packages. It’s the latest incarnation of a …read more Source:: OpenSource
NPM: Free public JavaScript registry will continue
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By Paul Krill Is the public NPM JavaScript package registry going away? NPM, the company behind the popular online repository of Node.js and JavaScript code, insists it will remain, despite a recent …read more Source:: OpenSource
Where next for GitHub?
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By Dan Swinhoe The beginning of April is GitHub mark 10 years since it launched out of private beta. Though the San Francisco-based code repository startup is celebrating April 2018 as its official …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Are Linux repositories a bad idea?
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By Jim Lynch Are Linux repositories a bad idea? Repositories have long been an important tool for most Linux users. But what happens when a repository is no longer available to support your system? …read more Source:: OpenSource
An open source software updating tool
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Once a piece of software is installed on a user’s system, how do you keep it updated? While Linux users typically have a package management system to pull latest versions from a repository of their choice, users of other systems aren’t so lucky. We have developed an open source tool to assist in this process,…