Web UI not listing packages because of 'time' property unavailability in package.json in storage dir

[kumarvi]

Describe the bug

We're trying to migrate from sinopia to verdaccio for our internal npm registry, and noticed that the internal packages that were published using our existing setup (using sinopia) aren't showing up in the Web UI with the latest verdaccio (version: 3.1.2), even though we're able to install them. This is happening because of the some of the packages that were published earlier seem to be missing the time property in the package.json

To Reproduce

Ensure a module is already published once to verdaccio. Remove the time member from the package.json inside the storage directory. Then try to load the Web UI home page.

Results:

• The published package doesn't show up in the Web UI
• The below exception shows up in the verdaccio.log during server start-up

TypeError: Cannot read property '2.1.0' of undefined
 at ../node_modules-v8/lib/node_modules/verdaccio/build/lib/storage.js:389:37
 at storage.readPackage (../node_modules-v8/lib/node_modules/verdaccio/build/lib/local-storage.js:616:7)
 at ../node_modules-v8/lib/node_modules/verdaccio/node_modules/@verdaccio/local-storage/lib/local-fs.js:167:9
 at <anonymous>

Additional context
There has to be a isNil check for the time property in https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/blob/master/src/lib/storage.js#L374, similar to the fix done in e977d50 to support backward compatibility.

[juanpicado]

Please try with verdaccio@3.2.0

[kumarvi]

Verified, thank you! @juanpicado

One related minor UI (alignment) issue in the home page I noticed when there are packages with/without the time details in their package.json, attaching the screenshot below:

[juanpicado]

@kumarvi I don't get it. License is missing?

[kumarvi]

The license div is not right aligned, for the older packages, because of the missing time info div on the left side.

[juanpicado]

Ohh !! I must be blind. I'll create a ticket. Thanks 👍

[ayusharma]

@kumarvi @juanpicado I am creating a separate issue for this. 🥇

[ayusharma]

@kumarvi I confirm the License alignment issue. It will be solved soon. Thanks 😀

Ref #761

[lock]

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