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> I wish the[re] was a way to fix this attitude.

This isn't a universal attitude. Numerous language ecosystems exist where it's completely normal to use dependencies that haven't been updated in a while _because_ they warrant no change.

This is a problem with the general attitude of the community of JavaScript developers.

And they're too stuck in their JS ecosystem bubble to realize this isn't necessarily "normal" or "the way things should/have to be."

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I agree and unfortunately that attitude is spreading beyond the JS community.

A great example is the issue newcomers to Common Lisp face. I don't want to get in specifics regarding the Lisp community here but one common complaint is that only "old libraries" are available and no recent releases.

Side note: Although I'm not sure it initially started in the JS community, it is by far the most affected community. Besides that issue it also suffers from Not Invented Here syndrome.

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