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You should be using `npm ci` or `yarn --pure-lockfile` instead of npm install. Of course that can't be the default because of "legacy". That's the burden of a Javascript dev, carrying around lots of knowledge about what you shouldn't use.



> Of course that can't be the default because of "legacy".

Then why did they change the default behavior to use fuzzy matching? Because someone decided it was the best decision. It isn't about breaking changes, it's about someone's arbitrary decisions and those decisions are arguable.


Or they could just, you know, fix it. I think that was the point of the author of TFA.




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