Hi. I'm just wondering what might be the risks associated with manipulating the contents of the node_modules folder outside the normal "npm install" etc commands. IOW ... are there reasons why the a raw "drop in" of packages into the node_modules is a bad idea Vs doing it through the normal "npm install" mechanisms?
I have a colleague proposing this basic idea as a solution to a problem we have (longer story that probably doesn't need airing here). For me, it just feels like the wrong thing to do (scares me), but my "gut feeling" is not a good enough reason for me to say that I think we should not consider doing it. So, I'd love if someone could enlighten me to the potential dangers, or if there's no real danger and nothing to worry about. Thanks guys. Regards, Tom. -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/028d28c0-7566-49fb-ba5b-a57cf64178b4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
