Dependencies such as `@react-native-community/template` not updated during integrations / releases

[jonthysell]

Problem Description

It looks like some of the dependencies in the repo aren't updated and are therefore very out of date. For example, in @rnw-scripts/integrate-rndepends on an old@react-native-community/template`:

yarn why @react-native-community/template
yarn why v1.22.22
[1/4] Why do we have the module "@react-native-community/template"...?
[2/4] Initialising dependency graph...
[3/4] Finding dependency...
[4/4] Calculating file sizes...
=> Found "@react-native-community/template@0.75.6"
info Reasons this module exists
   - "_project_#@rnw-scripts#integrate-rn" depends on it
   - Hoisted from "_project_#@rnw-scripts#integrate-rn#@react-native-community#template"
info Disk size without dependencies: "368KB"
info Disk size with unique dependencies: "368KB"
info Disk size with transitive dependencies: "368KB"
info Number of shared dependencies: 0
Done in 2.98s.

Steps To Reproduce

yarn why @react-native-community/template

Expected Results

No response

CLI version

15.0.0-alpha.2

Environment

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
  OS: Windows 11 10.0.26384
  CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz
  Memory: 4.93 GB / 15.84 GB
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 18.18.0
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\yarn.CMD
  npm:
    version: 9.8.1
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
  Android SDK: Not Found
  Windows SDK:
    AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense: Enabled
    AllowAllTrustedApps: Enabled
    Versions:
      - 10.0.19041.0
      - 10.0.22000.0
      - 10.0.22621.0
IDEs:
  Android Studio: Not Found
  Visual Studio:
    - 17.13.35828.75 (Visual Studio Enterprise 2022)
Languages:
  Java: Not Found
  Ruby: Not Found
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react: Not Found
  react-native: Not Found
  react-native-windows: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found

Community Modules

No response

Target Platform Version

None

Target Device(s)

No response

Visual Studio Version

None

Build Configuration

None

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

No response

[jonthysell]

Other packages:

yarn why @react-native/babel-preset
yarn why v1.22.22
[1/4] Why do we have the module "@react-native/babel-preset"...?
[2/4] Initialising dependency graph...
[3/4] Finding dependency...
[4/4] Calculating file sizes...
=> Found "@react-native/babel-preset@0.77.0-nightly-20241001-223e98cc4"
info Has been hoisted to "@react-native/babel-preset"
info Reasons this module exists
   - "workspace-aggregator-a0d2a9c7-28c2-4886-ae47-2dcb473aa67a" depends on it
   - Hoisted from "_project_#@rnw-scripts#babel-react-native-config#@react-native#babel-preset"
   - Hoisted from "_project_#@office-iss#react-native-win32#@react-native#metro-config#@react-native#metro-babel-transformer#@react-native#babel-preset"
info Disk size without dependencies: "1.5MB"
info Disk size with unique dependencies: "8.7MB"
info Disk size with transitive dependencies: "47.64MB"
info Number of shared dependencies: 158
=> Found "@react-native/metro-babel-transformer#@react-native/babel-preset@0.78.0-nightly-20250113-d4407d6f7"
info This module exists because "_project_#@react-native#metro-babel-transformer" depends on it.
info Disk size without dependencies: "32KB"
info Disk size with unique dependencies: "7.23MB"
info Disk size with transitive dependencies: "46.18MB"
info Number of shared dependencies: 158
=> Found "@react-native/metro-config#@react-native/babel-preset@0.78.0-nightly-20241231-a3c8e2137"
info Reasons this module exists
   - "_project_#@react-native#metro-config#@react-native#metro-babel-transformer" depends on it
   - Hoisted from "_project_#@react-native#metro-config#@react-native#metro-babel-transformer#@react-native#babel-preset"
info Disk size without dependencies: "32KB"
info Disk size with unique dependencies: "7.23MB"
info Disk size with transitive dependencies: "46.18MB"
info Number of shared dependencies: 158
Done in 4.83s.

yarn why @react-native/metro-config
yarn why v1.22.22
[1/4] Why do we have the module "@react-native/metro-config"...?
[2/4] Initialising dependency graph...
[3/4] Finding dependency...
[4/4] Calculating file sizes...
=> Found "@react-native/metro-config@0.78.0-nightly-20241231-a3c8e2137"
info Has been hoisted to "@react-native/metro-config"
info Reasons this module exists
   - "workspace-aggregator-bd032b87-d4c6-40ff-9934-d87c4b83e063" depends on it
   - Hoisted from "_project_#e2e-test-app-fabric#@react-native#metro-config"
   - Hoisted from "_project_#e2e-test-app#@react-native#metro-config"
   - Hoisted from "_project_#integration-test-app#@react-native#metro-config"
   - Hoisted from "_project_#playground#@react-native#metro-config"
   - Hoisted from "_project_#sample-app-fabric#@react-native#metro-config"
   - Hoisted from "_project_#sample-apps#@react-native#metro-config"
   - Hoisted from "_project_#sample-custom-component#@react-native#metro-config"
   - Hoisted from "_project_#@rnw-scripts#metro-dev-config#@react-native#metro-config"
   - Hoisted from "_project_#react-native-windows#@react-native#metro-config"
info Disk size without dependencies: "4.9MB"
info Disk size with unique dependencies: "6.1MB"
info Disk size with transitive dependencies: "76.64MB"
info Number of shared dependencies: 220
=> Found "@office-iss/react-native-win32#@react-native/metro-config@0.77.0-nightly-20241001-223e98cc4"
info This module exists because "_project_#@office-iss#react-native-win32" depends on it.
info Disk size without dependencies: "56KB"
info Disk size with unique dependencies: "1.25MB"
info Disk size with transitive dependencies: "71.8MB"
info Number of shared dependencies: 220
=> Found "@react-native/monorepo#@react-native/metro-config@0.78.0-nightly-20250113-d4407d6f7"
info This module exists because "_project_#@react-native#monorepo" depends on it.
info Disk size without dependencies: "20KB"
info Disk size with unique dependencies: "1.22MB"
info Disk size with transitive dependencies: "71.77MB"
info Number of shared dependencies: 220
Done in 6.08s.

yarn why @react-native/popup-menu-android
yarn why v1.22.22
[1/4] Why do we have the module "@react-native/popup-menu-android"...?
[2/4] Initialising dependency graph...
[3/4] Finding dependency...
[4/4] Calculating file sizes...
=> Found "@react-native/popup-menu-android@0.77.0-nightly-20241001-223e98cc4"
info Reasons this module exists
   - "_project_#@react-native#tester" depends on it
   - Hoisted from "_project_#@react-native#tester#@react-native#popup-menu-android"
info Disk size without dependencies: "108KB"
info Disk size with unique dependencies: "132KB"
info Disk size with transitive dependencies: "132KB"
info Number of shared dependencies: 1
Done in 4.42s.

[chrisglein]

The recurring solution to this would be some combination of changes to the integration script and some sort of check in the validation of the integrated results to see if everything is in sync.

@TatianaKapos can you look into what the right process should here (blend of script changes and manual checks).