Bug#837929: npm: Should suggest nodejs-legacy

2016-12-23 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Package: npm Version: 1.4.21+ds-2 Followup-For: Bug #837929 I got hit by this bug today. I'm a noob on Javascript and only wanted to install npm to explore some gnome shell extension functionality, which requried me to try out some JS modules. Upon installing npm, and then trying installing a

Bug#837929: npm: Should suggest nodejs-legacy

2016-09-16 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
[drop old archived bug from cc] Quoting Matijs van Zuijlen (2016-09-16 10:39:05) > On 16/09/16 10:24, Jérémy Lal wrote: > > 2016-09-16 10:22 GMT+02:00 Jonas Smedegaard > >: > > Quoting Matijs van Zuijlen (2016-09-16 09:57:52) > > > I read through bug

Bug#837929: npm: Should suggest nodejs-legacy

2016-09-16 Thread Matijs van Zuijlen
On 16/09/16 10:24, Jérémy Lal wrote: > > > 2016-09-16 10:22 GMT+02:00 Jonas Smedegaard >: > > Quoting Matijs van Zuijlen (2016-09-16 09:57:52) > > I read through bug 614907, and I think the very best solution would be > > for npm to ensure the

Bug#837929: npm: Should suggest nodejs-legacy

2016-09-16 Thread Jérémy Lal
2016-09-16 10:22 GMT+02:00 Jonas Smedegaard : > Quoting Matijs van Zuijlen (2016-09-16 09:57:52) > > I read through bug 614907, and I think the very best solution would be > > for npm to ensure the correct node executable is referenced in each > > package's executable. I don't know

Bug#837929: npm: Should suggest nodejs-legacy

2016-09-16 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Matijs van Zuijlen (2016-09-16 09:57:52) > I read through bug 614907, and I think the very best solution would be > for npm to ensure the correct node executable is referenced in each > package's executable. I don't know how feasible that would be. Arguably the "very best" would be to

Bug#837929: npm: Should suggest nodejs-legacy

2016-09-16 Thread Jérémy Lal
(reordered your reply to the bottom) On 15/09/16 19:22, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting Jérémy Lal (2016-09-15 17:21:30) > >> 2016-09-15 17:12 GMT+02:00 Matijs van Zuijlen : > >> > >>> Package: npm > >>> Version: 1.4.21+ds-2 > >>> Severity: wishlist > >>> > >>> Executables

Bug#837929: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#837929: npm: Should suggest nodejs-legacy

2016-09-16 Thread Sebastiaan Couwenberg
On 09/16/2016 09:57 AM, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: > I read through bug 614907, and I think the very best solution would be > for npm to ensure the correct node executable is referenced in each > package's executable. I don't know how feasible that would be. That's unfeasible in my opinion. The

Bug#837929: npm: Should suggest nodejs-legacy

2016-09-16 Thread Matijs van Zuijlen
I read through bug 614907, and I think the very best solution would be for npm to ensure the correct node executable is referenced in each package's executable. I don't know how feasible that would be. Regards, Matijs On 15/09/16 19:22, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Jérémy Lal (2016-09-15

Bug#837929: npm: Should suggest nodejs-legacy

2016-09-15 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Jérémy Lal (2016-09-15 17:21:30) > 2016-09-15 17:12 GMT+02:00 Matijs van Zuijlen : > > > Package: npm > > Version: 1.4.21+ds-2 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > Executables installed with npm need the /usr/bin/node executable, which > > is provided in the nodejs-legacy

Bug#837929: npm: Should suggest nodejs-legacy

2016-09-15 Thread Jérémy Lal
2016-09-15 17:12 GMT+02:00 Matijs van Zuijlen : > Package: npm > Version: 1.4.21+ds-2 > Severity: wishlist > > Executables installed with npm need the /usr/bin/node executable, which > is provided in the nodejs-legacy package. This information is currently > only in the

Bug#837929: npm: Should suggest nodejs-legacy

2016-09-15 Thread Matijs van Zuijlen
Package: npm Version: 1.4.21+ds-2 Severity: wishlist Executables installed with npm need the /usr/bin/node executable, which is provided in the nodejs-legacy package. This information is currently only in the README.Debian file. I think it would be really helpful to add nodejs-legacy to the npm