nodePackages: follow up track/clean/fix broken packages after switch to 12.x and 14.x in #89184

[calbrecht]

Following packages were found to be broken (in the sense of not building at all) with nodejs-10_x before change already:

• coc-imselect /cc @eyJhb
• fast-cli-1.x /cc @svanderburg
• git-ssb /cc @patrl @matthewbauer
• pulp /cc @Mic92 -> fixed pulp: fix build #89210
• insect /cc @lilyball -> fixed pulp: fix build #89210
• node-red
• node-inspector
• stf /cc @jollheef -> remove
• ssb-server /cc @FRidh -> remove

Following packages were found to be broken (not building) after the switch in nodePackages (that is with nodejs-12_x):

• dat /cc @mmahut, build fails on node-gyp-build for utp-native -> update to dat@next

Following packages were found to be broken (not building) after the switch in nodePackages_latest (that is with nodejs-14_x):

• dnschain /cc @rnhmjoj dnschain received last code commit 5 years ago, a dependency hiredis (that breaks the build) is archived and won't get any updates. -> remove (incl. nixos module)

This issue is here to track and inform maintainers/adders of the packages about the broken state and decide about removing or fixing the broken packages.

[Mic92]

I would remove dnschain. It is no longer developed.

[rnhmjoj]

I know very well the state of dnschain. If migrating hiredis -> node-redis is non-trivial I don't think it will be ever fixed. I guess you can remove the package and the nixos module.

[Mic92]

pulp + insect: #89210

[prusnak]

It seems the dat issue has been already reported here: dat-ecosystem/dat#1162

Oddly enough it's been closed as utp-native is an optional dependency.

[FRidh]

Will need to remove ssb-server as I haven't been following it in a while.

[jollheef]

So far openstf does not support node newer than 8 because of some dependencies, so I guess you can just remove it.

[calbrecht]

@FRidh i can take care of it, just need the infos. Thanks :)
@jollheef, ok, i will remove it then. Thanks :)

[calbrecht]

@prusnak, ok, i will investigate dat. Thanks :)

-- edit
It seems dat@next is working and may be installed. @mmahut are you still interested in dat?

[prusnak]

@calbrecht dat@next is fine. mmahut packaged dat for me

[calbrecht]

@prusnak Thanks. I will update it with the other changes then (when all cases closed).

[arapov]

@calbrecht, I am new to processes nixos/nixpkgs [might] have... Could you help me? Is there anything I can do in order to make node-red fixes progress further?

[stale]

I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

[SuperSandro2000]

Broken packages should be moved to buildNpmPackage and fixed there. see #229475