Replace asset-packagist with custom package repositories

Ryan — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:45:11 -0400

Drupal Commerce contributor Ryan Hovland of ProCycle reached out today in the Drupal Slack #commerce channel to let me know the asset-packagist Composer repository is defunct. This repository allowed projects like Commerce Kickstart to download JavaScript libraries managed by npm to a Drupal codebase via Composer.

We still don't know why or how the domain lapsed, but it may have been related to business disruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as the repository is maintained by a Kyiv based team called HiQDev. Whether that's the cause or not, I'd like to pause and remember our friends in the Drupal community who are suffering as a result of the war and express my hope for their safety and the end of hostilities. For me that includes several team members we've retained in partnership with Lemberg Solutions. Thinking of you all. 😔🙏🏼