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We shouldn't have needed lockfiles

’t have needed lockfiles Imagine you’re writing a project and need a library. Let’s call it libpupa.

I guess, builds that depend on the calendar date are too crazy even for people who believe that referencing non-existing versions is fine. The Java library ecosystem has been going strong for 20 years, and during that time not once have we needed a lockfile. In conclusion, lockfiles are an absolutely unnecessary concept that complicates things without a good reason.

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