deps: upgrade npm to 1.4.29

[othiym23]

See https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v1.4.29 for details.

Encourage users to upgrade to a newer npm that supports scopes, and lays the groundwork for getting npm@2 into Node 0.10 LTS.

r: @jasnell
r: @Fishrock123

[rvagg]

lgtm

[Fishrock123]

Refs: nodejs/Release#37

@othiym23 You mentioned npm/npm@b9474a8 in that thread -- was the patch that prevented user credentials or something from being leaked?

[othiym23]

@Fishrock123: Yes, and that change is meant to be included by upgrading the version of npm included with 0.10 LTS to npm@2, not this (temporary and transitional) version of npm@1. This version of npm includes only the two changes proposed for [email protected] in nodejs/Release#37.

[Fishrock123]

@othiym23 I understand. is there any actual reason that patch wouldn't apply though? It's relatively serious, I think.

[jasnell]

hmm.. that's a tough one. Part of the reason for doing this is that npm v1 won't be getting any more support, including security updates but then we deliver it with a security update ;-) ... but until the updated v0.10 with npm2 is out, those users are still impacted. I think I tend to agree with @Fishrock123 on it tho, it would be best if this included that patch since it's an existing known issue.

[othiym23]

In my judgment, it is no more or less serious than the other security fixes included in npm@2+, and the sole reason for this version of npm's existence is to get 0.10 users off of unsupported npm and onto at least npm@2. I will not be making any security fixes to this version of npm.

[jasnell]

Fair enough. This change LGTM

[jasnell]

@Fishrock123 @zkat @othiym23 ... would it be possible to have y'all double check that this won't have the same kind of hiccups we were having with the recent npm updates in master? I'll likely get this landed in v0.10-staging by end of week.

[ChALkeR]

Actual changes LGTM. I skipped the npm tests.
Note that this PR actually removes one man page (which is also LGTM, though).

[othiym23]

@zkat is in East Asia for conferencing, and I'm pretty sure this will be free of the shenanigans we were seeing with debug et al elsewhere, because the changes are 80% just version number changes in the documentation. @ChALkeR, that manpage was an npm@2 manpage that sneaked into [email protected] by accident, so removing it was for the best.

@Fishrock123, could I prevail upon you to double-check that the npm tests run for you with a clean build? You'll kind of have to do it by hand, because this version doesn't include the fixes to the test scripts we've landed in npm@2 / newer versions of Node.

[Fishrock123]

Yeah I'll do the tests thing tomorrow. :)

On Nov 5, 2015, at 12:20 AM, Forrest L Norvell [email protected] wrote:

@zkat is in East Asia for conferencing, and I'm pretty sure this will be free of the shenanigans we were seeing with debug et al elsewhere, because the changes are 80% just version number changes in the documentation. @ChALkeR, that manpage was an npm@2 manpage that sneaked into [email protected] by accident, so removing it was for the best.

@Fishrock123, could I prevail upon you to double-check that the npm tests run for you with a clean build? You'll kind of have to do it by hand, because this version doesn't include the fixes to the test scripts we've landed in npm@2 / newer versions of Node.

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[jasnell]

Ok, quick test run on my end shows everything green also. Will get this landed now into v0.10-staging but can back out if anything comes up amiss in other tests

[jasnell]

Landed in v0.10-staging in b68781e

[Fishrock123]

@jasnell did you sudo make install before running the tests? Otherwise that test run is not valid.

[MylesBorins]

is there an environment in CI for running the npm tests?

[Fishrock123]

@thealphanerd no, see nodejs/build#234 for more details.

[Fishrock123]

LGTM though, but need to be careful about that.

[jasnell]

Yes I did. Didn't see anything of concern but we still need to double and triple check. At this point there's nothing else in v0.10-staging so we're safe. Let's get everything verified.

[Fishrock123]

Ok, should be fine then.

[rvagg]

Going out in today's release. 👍

[othiym23]

🎉 Thanks to all, and a PR upgrading to npm@2 will be inbound to v0.10-staging just as soon as I help @Fishrock123 figure out why npm@3 is causing test falures against master / v5.x.