[BUG] [Improvement] Redirect a npmjs A package to npmjs B package from package.json config

[ganeshkbhat]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

I have to change the entire sourcecode for the npmjs project or use an local alias to install a different package B instead of package A.

Expected Behavior

I should be able to redirect a npmjs A package to npmjs B package from package.json config.

Citing my repositories as an example to ensure not to make phpcgijs old versions unfindable. What I am wishing to do is redirect phpcgijs to cgijs

package.json

{
...
"repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/ganeshkbhat/cgi-js.git",
    "redirect": "newpackagename_preferably--OR--differentrepository"
  }
}

OR

{
...
"redirect": "newpackagename_preferably"
"repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/ganeshkbhat/cgi-js.git"
  }
}

Steps To Reproduce

NA

Environment

• npm: current
• Node: current
• OS: Windows/ OS/ Linux
• platform: Windows/ OS/ Linux

[ljharb]

What's the use case? Either way, there's no current facility to do that, so that would need to be an RFC, not an issue on the config repo.

[ganeshkbhat]

There are two needs for the feature request (bug).

1. Redirect new versions of phpcgijs with old git repository to cgi-js with new cgijs git repository
2. When version 1.0.0-beta7 of phpcgijs is installed it should point to old package and old git repository as it is now currently

The above was needed since phpcgijs was created first and then cgijs. Second, the cgijs codebase/method of usage became simpler and better codebase than phpcgijs implementation.

Using an local alias for these cases may not be an appropriate solution.

Would this be an RFC? If so, how do I create an RFC. I tried searching how to request new features but did not find where and how to?

Is this the place? https://github.com/npm/rfcs . I need help

[ljharb]

so do npm deprecate phpcgijs 'this package is deprecated; please `npm install cgi-js` instead'?

[nlf]

a local override is the only way to accomplish this, and we do not have plans to add package redirects. if it's something you're interested in you could start a discussion over at https://github.com/npm/feedback/discussions

[ganeshkbhat]

Merging Issues. Seems this feature is being worked on already. I was not aware nor communicated. I though that was not nice at all.

npm/cli#5009
#76
npm/package-json#9