Update less dependency to 2.x

[nullobject]

The current dependency is ^1.5.

[jhnns]

Just wanted to leave a note that the less-loader currently doesn't run with less 2.x as they have changed something internally. Needs further investigation.

[nullobject]

Sure, I’m quite happy to investigate this 😀

On 18 Nov 2014, at 10:13 pm, Johannes Ewald notifications@github.com wrote:

Just wanted to leave a note that the less-loader currently doesn't run with less 2.x as they have changed something internally. Needs further investigation.

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[jhnns]

Go ahead! We appreciate every contribution (and the source code is fairly easy to understand) 👍

[jhnns]

It seems like the less-loader needs a thorough rewrite. Less 2.0 provides a plugin mechanism which should be used by the less-loader instead. We can use the less-plugin-npm-import as blueprint.

[DimitryDushkin]

+1 )

[timkung]

+1 :)

[snapwich]

+1, I think using the plugin support will fix the issues I've been having.

Currently I'm using the gulp-less plugin in my build alongside gulp-webpack + less-loader for some other stuff. Both have a dependency on less and they do not play well together at all. I think it's actually less-loader overwriting the less.Parser.fileLoader that is breaking things, but haven't dug far enough into it to find out.

[jeffscottward]

why was this closed? the less-loader has yet to be rewritten.

[jhnns]

less 2.0 support has been shipped with #28