Replacing prepublish script with prepare.

[max-b]

If someone wanted to install this from github instead of npm (say because they wanted a version that hadn't been published to npm), the prepublish script won't run and they'll be left without the actual built lib files.

See:
npm/npm#3055
http://blog.npmjs.org/post/161081169345/v500
https://twitter.com/maybekatz/status/860363896443371520

[goldhand]

This kind of sucks on npms part. prepare was introduced in npm@4 and I don't think they plan on it being backwards compatible. What if someone is using npm<=3? Any ideas?

[max-b]

So my understanding is that prepare will still run when you publish new releases to npm. So you'll still pre-compile assets on publish and users of npm<=3 will still be able to npm install your package normally. What users of npm<=3 won't be able to do is npm install this library from github because the prepare script won't run and compile their assets on installation. But that's the same state that the library currently is in - it's impossible to npm install this library from github because it won't compile. Short of checking in compiled assets (the lib folder), which I guess I'm sort of philosophically against, I'm not sure there's any way to allow all users to install this library from github.

[goldhand]

I understand, thanks!