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by cpburns2009 7 days ago
I don't disagree with this take. But I'm not going to risk installing a package uploaded 1 hour ago considering all of the compromises this year. I think a cooldown period is prudent to let the automated security scanners to do their thing.
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It also includes time to allow discovering of compromised accounts. If the owner of a popular package is hacked, this gives the owner a week to raise alarms about this.