> npm is a package manager itself, so by packaging npm you gain nothing. > > It’s by packaging the things one would *otherwise* install with npm > that you gain. I managed to *ahem* subvert the build process of one > of our projects so it works completely with tools (both Java and > Javascript) shipped in Debian (things like uglifyjs, for example), > so it does not require npm *at all*. (Some coworkers use *buntu or > Arch and therefore still have to use that to install what we, in > Debian, have available as packages already.) > > Since you gain _nothing_ by packaging npm, having it in backports > somehow seems redundant. Except for installing packages that are *not* in Debian yet. -nik
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