Bug#857994: Bug#857986: npm: This pakcage is 3 years old? (consider removal)
- To: Jérémy Lal <kapouer@melix.org>, 857986@bugs.debian.org
- Cc: Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>, Alex Henry <tukkek@gmail.com>, 857993@bugs.debian.org, 857994@bugs.debian.org, 857989@bugs.debian.org, 857988@bugs.debian.org, 857990@bugs.debian.org, 857991@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#857994: Bug#857986: npm: This pakcage is 3 years old? (consider removal)
- From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org>
- Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 22:59:18 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20170319205918.huviyyad7chagptc@localhost>
- Reply-to: Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org>, 857994@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <CAJxTCxxtCRwz9WNEtYiuBF2=5FpUtEDprQGYJedW7FybmPoFZQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Control: severity -1 grave
Contraol: tags -1 stretch sid
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 12:50:11AM +0100, Jérémy Lal wrote:
>...
> I should have done this long before, but npm should not stay in testing:
> - `npm install thisorthatmodule` is failing for a growing list of modules
> - npmjs.org might drop support for this old client at anytime now
> - it's not supportable (security-wise) and i'd advise against using it
>
> I'll use block this bug by the handful of packages depending on npm.
I'm raising the severity of these bugs accordingly.
Note that a missing dependency is also RC, so something like
npm2deb: Please Recommend npm instead of Depend
does not sound like an option.
Removing npm from stretch implies that packages that are non-functional
without npm also have to be removed from stretch.
> Jérémy
cu
Adrian
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