replacing removed projects in dub

[Imperatorn]

On Wednesday, 17 March 2021 at 10:04:46 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 22:17:59 UTC, Steven 
> Schveighoffer wrote:
>> [...]
>
> This wouldn't be a problem if the Dub registry wasn't directly 
> tied to GitHub (or other similar services). It would be better 
> if it was more difficult to remove a package from the Dub 
> registry.
>
> With RubyGems, a package is not tied to GitHub but it's instead 
> an artifact that has been uploaded. If the user closes the 
> GitHub account the package will still be available in the 
> RubyGems registry.
>
> I think it's becoming more and more problematic with the Dub 
> being directly tied to GitHub.
>
> --
> /Jacob Carlborg

Agreed, I've said before we should have a buffer/backup