Open RFC Meeting - Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 2:00 PM EST

[darcyclarke]

Why?

In our ongoing efforts to better listen to & collaborate with the community, we've started an Open RFC call that helps to move conversations & initiatives forward.

When?

Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 2:00 PM EST

Cadence:
This meeting is scheduled to take place bi-weekly. Previous meeting agendas and notes can be found here

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What?

All discussions surrounding RFCs are covered by the npm Code of Conduct. Please keep conversations constructive, civil & be mindful of when others are speaking. As is tradition, "raise your hand" when requesting to comment on a topic or request to comment asynchronously within the chat. The npm team may, at its own discretion, moderate, mute &/or remove a person from an Open RFC call for any reason.

Agenda

1. Housekeeping
   1. Introduction(s)
   2. Code of Conduct Acknowledgement
   3. Outline Intentions & Desired Outcomes
   4. Announcements
2. File Path Resolution Review:
   1. Summary:
      • file: behaivour changed in v7 - no longer support installing depencies of packages that are not nested
   2. Questions:
      • Do we agree with how it's working today?
      • How would we change it?
   3. Related Items:
      • Issue: #2145 [BUG] npm7 does not create transitive node_module folders for dependencies referenced via file:/
3. Workspaces Review:
   1. Summary:
      • It's been brought up several times that the mental model we have today of "hoisting" dependencies should be re-examined as "sharing"; This aligns with some feedback/feature request we've already recieved to add no-hoist as a config to Workspaces. Reviewing & thinking critically about the behaivour of our existing strategy will help us lay a solid foundation/understanding before we start the next phase of work in this space.
   2. Questions:
      • Do we agree with how it's working today?
      • How would we change it?
   3. Related Items:
      • Issue: #2339 npm v7 does not install linked packages dependencies
      • Issue: #301 [RRFC] Workspaces: support to version specifiers other than semver ranges
      • PR: #117 RFC: npm workspaces - Working with workspaces

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[ljharb]

TC39 is today, so I’ll be unable to attend. I’m very interested in the workspaces review, though.

[darcyclarke]

@ljharb ya, we can definitely circle back on this (it's not going anywhere immediately) & we'll try to take great notes.

[darcyclarke]

• Meeting Notes: https://github.com/npm/rfcs/blob/latest/meetings/2021-01-27.md
• Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOJadzUsNFs&list=PLQso55XhxkgBKhtFahRx20wyWE488kKJJ&index=1