deps: pin request to ~2.81.0

[refack]

Checklist

• npm install && npm test passes
• commit message follows commit guidelines

Description of change

Required for "node < 4" compatibility and is congruent with npm

Fixes: #1299

[bnoordhuis]

LGTM, although it's going to diverge (and more importantly: cause duplication) when npm upgrades to request 2.9.0.

[bnoordhuis]

Another thing, if we ever decide to upgrade the node-gyp in the v4.x and v6.x branches, that too would result in duplication: their copies of npm are stuck on [email protected].

Not the end of the world, just something to keep in mind.

[refack]

Another thing, if we ever decide to upgrade the node-gyp in the v4.x and v6.x branches, that too would result in duplication: their copies of npm are stuck on [email protected].

I'll test if <2.82.0 get npm to dedup...

[refack]

Indeed setting to <2.82.0 allows deduping:

$ npm ls | grep req
[email protected] d:\code\4node\test-npm-request\npm
| +-- [email protected] deduped
| +-- [email protected] deduped
+-- [email protected]

[addaleax]

@refack can you also give the minimum version in that specifier if you use <? I think right now you’d match any version of request before 2.82.0, up from 0.8.3 (which I assume does not work :))

[refack]

I think right now you’d match any version of request before 2.82.0, up from 0.8.3 (which I assume does not work :))

Ack.
Did some bisecting - minimal version to pass npm test is 2.9.0.

[addaleax]

thanks!

[bnoordhuis]

Ping @refack.

[edi9999]

@refack Could you please release of the 3.x with this change ?