A collection of NPM packages that are all empty or otherwise optional. There are two types of packages in this collection:
- Empty packages: Like
empty-pkg,minimal-pkg, as well asoptional-pkg, they are indeed completely empty / minimal and - Failing packages: So packages that are not only empty, but also fail to install, like
failing-pkg.
Why the frick, you ask? Well great question! Let me loop you into the science behind empty packages: They should be minimal. I needed a minimal empty / dummy package to cheat Yarn (see yarn-plugin-better-optional) and I didn't want to risk referring to a package that could be potentially malicious, or contains more than it should. This is why I created the optional-packages package collection. Neat, isn't it?
Written by Kristian Kraljić.
I am just asking you this: How?! These packages are literally empty! If you think you found a bug, please file an issue on Github. I am curious!
PS: Please do not report that the failing-pkg fails to install, that is the whole point... dummy. ;)
PPS: Why is there no README.md on NPM? Well, the packages had to stay minimal that was the whole premise. ;) If I had included a README.md into the tarball, would you still consider it minimal?
All packages are licensed under the MIT license.