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On node installs, and npm version support #21

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zzak opened this issue Feb 21, 2011 · 2 comments
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On node installs, and npm version support #21

zzak opened this issue Feb 21, 2011 · 2 comments

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@zzak
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zzak commented Feb 21, 2011

It seems like nvm installs the latest version available for npm, this is fine if you're also trying to install a recent version of node via nvm; however, if you're trying to install an 0.2.x version of node, npm install will fail as (npm version 0.3.x) no longer supports the 0.2.x branch of node.

I'm not sure the best way to go about this, but some kind of "recommended" or "suggested" npm version should be installed compared to the requested version of node.

Or another idea, to simply specify which version of npm you want installed when adding a new node version with nvm.

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I wonder if this is why I haven't been able to install v0.2.x lately. Honestly I don't want to put a bunch of stuff into nvm. I think this should be solved by npm's installer script if at all. It can tell what version of node you're using and know what version of npm to install. I don't plan on spending much time supporting 0.2.x now that 0.4.x is out and stable. I consider 0.4.0 the first stable release of node.

@zzak
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zzak commented Feb 21, 2011

Hi Tim,
Thanks for the response. I think you're right.. nvm should stay simple and straight-forward.

I'd be interested what Isaac thinks of your proposed change to npm, though I know he's said before that "0.2.x is dead to [him]"..

Going to close this then, thanks!

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