feat(libs): replace http-browserify with stream-http.

[terinjokes]

Fixes #38.

[TheLarkInn]

Have you run this updated package against webpack master? What concerns me is that this is a dep of webpack, we should probably someway verify it works in core. If we can verify that, I'm sure we can merge this.

[terinjokes]

@TheLarkInn If it's any consolation browserify switched to stream-http several versions ago, and it's a much more accurate implementation of the Node.js builtin. http-browserify, on the other hand, is unmaintained.

Is there another test I should be running on master other than "did it get bundled"?

[TheLarkInn]

Welp I think one would be npm link the dep to webpack on master, then run tests locally. I'd list that results here

[terinjokes]

@TheLarkInn Let me know if there are reasonable tests to contribute, either to this repo or to webpack. I didn't see any tests in webpack for the builtins.

[RomanHotsiy]

@terinjokes I believe https-browserify should be replaced with streem-http too.
Check out this issue substack/https-browserify#6. (Although it is closed, the issue itself is not resolved)

[terinjokes]

I commented on the above ticket.

[feross]

cc @jhiesey

[connor4312]

Getting this in would be fantastic! stream-http is much more featureful and has greater parity with the server-side version.

[dandv]

Any chance of merging this in?

[jhnns]

Thx @terinjokes. This looks good. Could you sign the CLA?

Sorry for taking so long, but switching these libraries is kind of risky because they provide an incredible big API surface to the user. Most of developers don't know this. However, since browserify is using it too, it's very safe – and it provides a consistent experience for webpack- and browserify-users.

[jhnns]

The PR was against node-libs-browser master which is 1.0.0. After merging this, I will try to backport most of the updates. @sokra told me, there was a breaking change in the buffer module or somewhere there, that's why he decided to release a new version but he can't remember it for sure.

[terinjokes]

@jhnns Per the CLA, can you first add a LICENSE file? The license listed in package.json is "MIT".

[jhnns]

Haha, good catch, thx. I added the MIT license.

[jhnns]

Thx @terinjokes

We will probably update node-libs-browser also in webpack v1, see #45

[feross]

stream-http is still not being used with latest webpack because this isn't published to npm yet.