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JoshTripletttoday at 5:50 AM1 replyview on HN

The primary benefit of cooldowns isn't other people upgrading first, it's vulnerability scanning tools and similar getting a chance to see the package before you do.


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gleenntoday at 6:01 AM

Those tools aren't floating in the ether: someone has to go download it and run it in some way, automated or otherwise. I think the suggestion is to make that a step before publication as the post suggests.