On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 9:31 AM Michael Dawson <[email protected]> wrote: > > By > > I think there’s more value in making sure that the latest npm is compatible > > with the older runtimes and standardize on that. > > Do you mean use that by default for all versions of Node.js? That would be > different than the general ecosystem and the most/best tested combinations.
Would that differ from the general ecosystem? The npm command itself tells you to run `npm update -g` to grab the latest version every time you run it, so I would assume many/most people would already be running the latest npm against whichever Node version they were using. Am I mistaken? > On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 7:51 PM Neal Gompa <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 7:22 PM Frank R Dana Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 5:03 PM Frank R Dana Jr. <ferdnyc(a)gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > > I don’t think there’s really any value in using a different version of >> > > Node.js than the default to run npm, barring an exceptionally serious >> > > bug. >> > > Can you provide a specific example where it would matter? >> > >> > Not a definitive one, no. My main concern would be packages that might >> > install a different version, or install themselves differently (different >> > dependencies pulled in, etc.), based on the node version they're being >> > installed with — or is that not something npm supports? >> >> It does. It can definitely do that, especially with nodejs extension modules. >> I expect in the overwhelming majority of cases, people will only install one Node.js version into the system, and therefore the alternatives system will take care of this. In those other cases, is `/usr/bin/node-18 /usr/bin/npm` particularly onerous? Is `/usr/bin/npm-18` any better (it could be confusing)? I don't think there's any accurate way to auto-detect which Node version you intended to run against if there is more than one on the system. So *somehow* the user would need to specify it explicitly. I'm open to suggestions on how this could be done. _______________________________________________ nodejs mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
