mapbox / mapbox/node-pre-gyp

free public hosting of binaries anyone ?

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Description

Maybe this question doesn't belong to the scope of this project, but it is related.

I come from this well known npm issue https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/1891

It was closed as "node-pre-gyp has reached enough feature-completeness".

But it seems to me that node-pre-gyp while looking very good only responds to a part of the original need. What about hosting in the npm registry, is this forgotten ?

Honestly I don't intend to pay for an AWS S3 account to publish a small open source module. And anyway it doesn't seem a very sustainable approach to require every individual maintainers to do this.

So, is there any hope ?

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked npm issue 1891 and the current node-pre-gyp project scope. Determine whether public binary hosting belongs in this project and what a supported solution would require; the issue does not define an implementation or completion criteria.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
cloud, release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
15/100

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