This is an UNSTABLE release of Mongoose

Just trying to get the lowdown on "This is an UNSTABLE release of Mongoose"

I have version 3.8.16:

 $ npm list mongoose
 myapp@0.0.1 /Users/me/dev/myapp/src
 └── mongoose@3.8.16 

This page says that odd versions are unstable and even versions are stable:

http://blog.mongodb.org/post/58318358173/mongoose-3-7-0-unstable-released

So is it a mistake that version 3.8.16 has "This is an UNSTABLE release of Mongoose" in

 myapp/src/node_modules/mongoose/lib/index.js?

Look at what that comment is wrapped in--it won't always be printed, which was your assumption:

if (pkg.publishConfig && 'unstable' == pkg.publishConfig.tag) { if (!process.env.MONGOOSE_DISABLE_STABILITY_WARNING) {