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Claudius's avatar
Claudius
Boss
6 years ago

2019 Update of Community SDK dependencies

Just trying to get set up with the Community SDK on my Mac (and miserably failing, but that is a different story). When running the  npm install lithium-sdk -g command there is a never-ending list ...
RobertT's avatar
RobertT
Boss
6 years ago

Second this, as a workaround for the short term I use nvm to install Node v8.3.0 on my machines and switch to that version which should run fine.

It is a bit of a pain though having so much of it dependent on outdated packages, some security risks there.

  • SamR's avatar
    SamR
    Genius
    6 years ago

    I have no idea what this means but the dev team feel it needs to be looked at. Happy devs, happy life for me.

     

    🙂 🙂

  • ArnaudL's avatar
    ArnaudL
    Khoros Expert
    6 years ago

    Hi Claudius and RobertT  : there's a discussion going on about this and NickH should be able to tell you more about what's planned !

    • luk's avatar
      luk
      Boss
      6 years ago

      That's actually an issue for quite a while, welcome to dependency hell =)!

      • RobertT's avatar
        RobertT
        Boss
        6 years ago

        Don't get me wrong, love working with the SDK, it's so much more efficient when it comes to modifying the skin in particular, however it just appears to be an afterthought within the company.

  • AlejandroRF's avatar
    AlejandroRF
    Khoros Alumni (Retired)
    6 years ago

    nvm is a life-saver indeed

    Updating lithium-sdk would affect a lot of users so it needs to be done carefully (and very well tested too) so it does not affect workflows around the world

    I am sure that it will get an update sooner rather than later 👍