Integrating npm front-end with Kallithea

[Dominik Ruf]

Mads Kiilerich <mads at kiilerich.com> schrieb am Mi., 8. Nov. 2017 um
12:37 Uhr:

> On 11/08/2017 08:53 AM, Andrew Shadura wrote:
> > Why can't use use any of the Python implementations of Less? Or use
> > either JS one or Python one depending on what's available?
>
> I guess we could. I don't have an opinion on that. Those that do the
> work get to decide. And I do see the value of sticking to the most
> commonly used tool chain.
>
> Less is one thing - then comes javascript and minifier ... and the need
> to be able to use custom variables when building Bootstrap.
>
> I don't think less is the problem. It comes "for free" with the solution
> to some of the bigger problems:
>
I agree. i don't think less is a problem.
Since less is the compiler I don't think we need to provide the sources for
less at all.

>
> * We "need" bits and pieces from npm packages. Primarily Bootstrap, but
> also all the other front end libraries that are so hard to vendor in a
> GPL compatible way.
>
In my PR, Bootstrap is the only thing that is downloaded via npm.

>
> * We thus need npm to download the packages.
>
Strictly speaking we don't need it. We could download the Bootstrap sources
any way we'd like. They only need to be in the expected directory structure.

>
> * We need the right build tools for these packages ... and they also
> come from npm by default (and nothing else is supported).
>
> /Mads
>
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