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Andrew Nesbitt Mar 1

Downstream testing for language pacakge managers, it's buildable but perhaps not fundable?

https://nesbitt.io/2026/03/01/downstream-testing.html

Downstream Testing

Most library maintainers have no way to test against their dependents before releasing.

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James

@andrewnez Excited to see https://dependabot.ecosyste.ms/. The Dependabot compatibility score used to be more accessible before GitHub took it over.

Any early indication of problems in a release is very freeing particularly as a solo maintainer when development time is limited.

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