[nodejs] Advice please .... risks with "no standard" manipulation of packages in node_modules

2016-11-30 Thread Tom Fennelly
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 "np

[nodejs] Re: Advice please .... risks with "no standard" manipulation of packages in node_modules

2016-12-01 Thread Tom Fennelly
Thanks guys. As with many things, the devil is in the detail and the detail of this (in my case) is yet to come out. Thanks a lot for your insights. -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https: