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chore(docs): added clarification on lack of uninstall lifecycle scripts #3681

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#### A Note on a lack of [`npm uninstall`](/commands/npm-uninstall) scripts

While npm v6 had `uninstall` lifecycle scripts, npm v7 does not. Removal of a package can happen for a wide variety of reasons, and there's no clear way to currently give the script enough context to be useful.

Reasons for a package removal include:

* a user directly uninstalled this package
* a user uninstalled a dependant package and so this dependency is being uninstalled
* a user uninstalled a dependant package but another package also depends on this version
* this version has been merged as a duplicate with another version
* etc.

Due to the lack of necessary context, `uninstall` lifecycle scripts are not implemented and will not function.

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