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		Arelius on Nov 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Roundcube open-source webmail software merges with... 5 years old? Really? Or do you just mean because of the crazy dependencies in a typical node project?

quickthrower2 on Nov 30, 2023 [–]

5 years if things are not updated will have vulnerabilities. It might be that framework updates will fix them, or code changes needed, or code changes because newer versions of libraries are not backward compatible. Getting old NPM projects updates is hellish. Breaking changes are very common.

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