Enhancement : use a package manager to deal with dependencies

[dstendardi]

A package manager, like bower for example, would be cool to manage third party dependencies.
If you are ok with bower - for client side dependencies - I can do this work for you.

Cheers

[cdeszaq]

The fastest way to see change that you think a project needs is to do the work and open a pull request. If you think bower is good, go for it!

[dstendardi]

Ok for bower then ;-p i just want to know the preference of the owner, since there are many different solutions :)

[cdeszaq]

Since @rashidkpc hadn't weighed in, I figured it isn't something that he's too picky about, so taking the 1st step of breaking out the dependencies (in any package manager) is at least progress. Bower is used by many other projects, so it has at least some merit :)

[rashidkpc]

Is there a strong reason bower should be used? Besides it being cool? While I'm working on a build system, I haven't found a strong reason for a package manager.

[MasseGuillaume]

strong reason for a package manager:

• caching: don't download artifact you already have on your computer
• updating: change the version number and voila
• immutability of releases: you should not have the possiblity to change a release version :)

[MasseGuillaume]

While I'm working on a build system

is this what you had in mind ? https://github.com/MasseGuillaume/kibana-ansible

[MasseGuillaume]

@rashidkpc do you mind if I do it anyway ?
https://github.com/MasseGuillaume/kibana/commit/99d0f6bac64b1c1e4dce7eb39923a2ca2d8d25fd

[spalger]

As of Kibana 4 we are using bower to manage front-end dependencies. Thanks!