Dead packages

[josiahlund]

Prerequisites

• [X] Put an X between the brackets on this line if you have done all of the following:
  • Reproduced the problem in Safe Mode: https://flight-manual.atom.io/hacking-atom/sections/debugging/#using-safe-mode
  • Followed all applicable steps in the debugging guide: https://flight-manual.atom.io/hacking-atom/sections/debugging/
  • Checked the FAQs on the message board for common solutions: https://discuss.atom.io/c/faq
  • Checked that your issue isn't already filed: https://github.com/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue+user%3Aatom
  • Checked that there is not already an Atom package that provides the described functionality: https://atom.io/packages

Description

Attempting to install select packages fails.

Steps to Reproduce

1. apm install react or apm install travis-ci-status
2. weep

Expected behavior:

Expect when attempting to install any package found on https://atom.io/packages, the package will install successfully.

Actual behavior:

Package install fails.

Reproduces how often:

100% of the time

Additional Information

Out of the 20 some packages I attempted to install, two failed. With a 10% failure rate on my sample, I imagine there are many, many more packages whose install fails.

[nelson6e65]

Unable to install Atom packages due to error 500: https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/25417