- Updated npm to 9.2.0, bringing many breaking changes originally introduced in npm 9.0.0 (engine support, filesystem permission handling, stricter auth config, separate login/adduser commands, defined tarball ignore order, and revamped ti...
- Added new net options (autoSelectFamily, autoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout), uvwasi support, test runner hooks (t.after) and other feature enhancements across core modules.
- Deprecations and removals of several npm configs/commands (install links strategy, node version, npm version, access subcommands, npm bin), extensive doc updates and internal lazy‑loading refactors.
2022-12-14, Version 19.3.0 (Current), @targos
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