[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#622628: Bug#622628: Bug#622628: npm no longer works

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On 12-03-08 at 10:34am, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 13:42, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> > On 12-03-06 at 01:14pm, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> >> npm is too old to function with current nodejs in debian. Please 
> >> update the package!
> >>
> >> I might (hopefully...) have time to help, and I will need this. Is 
> >> there any roadmap on what is missing to get an updated npm package?
> >
> > Great!
> >
> > Pull the git and see the notes in changelog about what's missing.
> 
> One of the important parts is to replace the node_modules by a package 
> of their own.
> I propose to do otherwise, and just include them. When the modules get 
> packaged on their own, strip them from npm.
> 
> 
> BTW, npm upstream is now distributed as part of node.js. Does it make 
> sense to split it? IMO, it makes more sense to distribute it as 
> upstream, this should eliminate the incompatibilities we see in the 
> current npm package with current nodejs.

Is it now maintained by same upstream author, using same release 
schedule as Node itself?  Or does it still have a separate project home 
and is just includes as a convencience copy with Node?

If the latter, I strongly recommend to maintain it as a separate 
project.


 - Jonas

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