Unable to set-up local development for pnpm `main` branch about pnpm HOT 6 OPEN

Pnpm is specified in engines field on the workspace:

I'm not familiar with the codebase, just wanting to make a small contribution elsewhere, but surely it is not wise to require unreleased major versions of your own project in order to properly set up your own repository.
If the repository supports the current major version (8) then at least the code can be worked on, once the major lands you can swap out the parts of the codebase that use the new v9 features. Note that this assumes that the changes in pnpm would not lead to changes in the actual build output of pnpm project.

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It isn't unreleased. It is published and you can install it. 9.0.0-alpha.5 is published.

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It isn't unreleased. It is published and you can install it. 9.0.0-alpha.5 is published.

Perhaps add a note to CONTRIBUTION.md detailing this edge-case. Additionally, I don't want to install a prerelease version on my entire system just to make a contribution to this repository.

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You can downgrade pnpm after the contribution. Testing the next version of pnpm is more important than developer experience for new contributors.

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You can downgrade pnpm after the contribution. Testing the next version of pnpm is more important than developer experience for new contributors.

Lets document the edge-case then in CONTRIBUTING, because I actually really appreciated the clear documentation on how to get started.

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ok

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