Thompson, David writes: > On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org> wrote: > >> Also, I found that you prefer going through the repository/github >> instead of using the dist tarball. Why is that? > > The tarballs distributed by NPM are considered binaries, not source.
Ah I see. In some cases there are indeed some differences. So we'll probably want to reverse the default: if a repository is present it is most probably be better to get that. I only found significant differences with the fibers package, though. Others just differ in having an additional .gitignore and .npmignore file. I found in some cases that repositories do not have release tags. In such cases, it may be "better" to use the dist tarball, as you have a better chance of getting the exact released version commit? Greetings, Jan -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org> | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | Avatar® http://AvatarAcademy.nl
