Failing to parse package.json must be an error, not warning

[dmitriid]

Given

{
  'name': 'some-name',
  'dependencies': {}
}

Running

> npm --version
3.3.12

> npm install --progress=false --loglevel=error
> 

> npm install
npm WARN EJSONPARSE Failed to parse json
npm WARN EJSONPARSE Unexpected token '\'' at 2:3
npm WARN EJSONPARSE   'name': 'some-name',
npm WARN EJSONPARSE   ^
npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON campaign No description
npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON campaign No repository field.
npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON campaign No README data
npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON campaign No license field.

Failure to parse package.json must be a fatal error, not a warning

[lholmquist]

@dmitriid @othiym23 should this be closed? looks like it was fixed here: #12406

[npm-robot]

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