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title: Open RFC Meeting (npm)

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#### Meeting from: June 22nd, 2022
# Open RFC Meeting (npm)

### Attendees
- Darcy Clarke (@darcyclarke)
- Gar (@wraithgar)
- Jordan Harband (@ljharb)
- Owen Buckley (@thescientist13)
- Nathan Fritz (@fritzy)
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### Agenda

1. **Housekeeping**
	1. Introduction(s)
	1. Code of Conduct Acknowledgement
	1. Outline Intentions & Desired Outcomes
	1. Announcements
1. **PR**: [#91 feat: feat(git): add support for :: in #committish](https://github.com/npm/npm-package-arg/pull/91) - @wraithgar
1. **Issue**: [#519 BREAKING CHANGE(engines): engines support for npm9](https://github.com/npm/statusboard/issues/519) - @lukekarrys
1. **PR**: [#5000 feat: add npm query cmd](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/5000) - @ruyadorno
1. **PR**: [#595 Propose backwards-compatible improvements to compression](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/595) - @EvanHahn
1. **PR**: [#593 Only Registry Tarballs](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/593) - @thescientist13
1. **PR**: [#591 RFC: Registry-scoped keyfile / certfile credential options](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/591) - @jenseng
1. **Issue**: [#489 Initiative: &#x60;v8.x&#x60;](https://github.com/npm/statusboard/issues/489) - @darcyclarke
1. **Issue**: [#487 Initiative: &#x60;v10.x&#x60;](https://github.com/npm/statusboard/issues/487) - @darcyclarke
1. **PR**: [#564 RFC: Dependency Selector Syntax &amp; &#x60;npm query&#x60;](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/564) - @darcyclarke
1. **Issue**: [#443 Initiative: &#x60;v9.x&#x60;](https://github.com/npm/statusboard/issues/443) - @darcyclarke
1. **PR**: [#165 RFC for parent package.json](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/165) - @Christian24

### Notes

#### **PR**: [#91 feat: feat(git): add support for :: in #committish](https://github.com/npm/npm-package-arg/pull/91) - @wraithgar
- @wraithgar
  - this was an old item we never got to
  - allows for support of reference patsh in git repos (good for monorepos)

#### **Issue**: [#519 BREAKING CHANGE(engines): engines support for npm9](https://github.com/npm/statusboard/issues/519) - @lukekarrys
- @lukekarrys
  - want to reevalute our Node/engines support
  - odd versions seem like outliers to the current strategy
- @wraithgar
  - difference between engines vs. support
  - engines is meant for "this should work in here"
- @ljharb
  - should use @pkgjs/support create work
- @darcyclarke
  - https://github.com/npm/cli/wiki/Support-Policy
  - Node needs to update their dependencies
  - we only "support" the latest version of `npm`

#### **PR**: [#5000 feat: add npm query cmd](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/5000) - @ruyadorno
- @wraithgar
  - is taking over the work, will have updates by next week

#### **PR**: [#595 Propose backwards-compatible improvements to compression](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/595) - @EvanHahn
- @fritzy
  - @EvanHan is still investigating this  

#### **PR**: [#593 Only Registry Tarballs](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/593) - @thescientist13
- @thescientist13
  - has made several updates from discussions/feedback (ref. https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/593#issuecomment-1160553640)
  - would like to discuss naming of flag again (ref. `--only-registry-deps` vs. current `--only-non-remote-deps`)
  - should we hold off until `npm query` is available?

#### **PR**: [#591 RFC: Registry-scoped keyfile / certfile credential options](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/591) - @jenseng
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#### **Issue**: [#489 Initiative: &#x60;v8.x&#x60;](https://github.com/npm/statusboard/issues/489) - @darcyclarke
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#### **Issue**: [#487 Initiative: &#x60;v10.x&#x60;](https://github.com/npm/statusboard/issues/487) - @darcyclarke
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#### **PR**: [#564 RFC: Dependency Selector Syntax &amp; &#x60;npm query&#x60;](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/564) - @darcyclarke
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1. **Issue**: [#443 Initiative: &#x60;v9.x&#x60;](https://github.com/npm/statusboard/issues/443) - @darcyclarke
1. **PR**: [#165 RFC for parent package.json](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/165) - @Christian24