Use node-sass?

[cowboy]

Uses libsass, includes pre-compiled binaries for popular platforms, is probably 1000x faster and easier to set up than the current solution.

https://github.com/andrew/node-sass

(haven't used it myself)

[sindresorhus]

@cowboy see #31

[bwilkins]

@sindresorhus, @andrew I have been working on improving node-sass, is there anything we can do to help?

[sindresorhus]

@bwilkins the main problem isn't really with node-sass, but with libsass which is missing a lot.

It's missing both debug info and real sourcemaps. This PR says sourcemaps, but it looks like it's only debug info: sass/libsass#89

There's grunt-sass for those who want it. But I think the majority of people would still prefer something more feature rich and stable over fast.

[bwilkins]

Ohk, that's pretty much what I thought.

Do you know if there's a documented set of features missing from libsass? I'm mainly aware of the #{} variable interpolation issue that I believe comes from the ruby implementation, however I'm not certain if that's actually a feature of scss or people are just mistaking it for one.

[sindresorhus]

@bwilkins no, but I think that could be very useful.

[robwierzbowski]

But I think the majority of people would still prefer something more feature rich and stable over fast.

Exactly. Sass and Compass move pretty fast, and now that a big part of @chriseppstein's job is going to be working on Compass there will probably be more improvements than usual. Being able to use the official library is a big benefit IMO.

[bwilkins]

Perhaps what this ticket should be is a note to look at ease-of-use for this module? Ignore the part about speed (it's much of a muchness these days anyway) and just focus on the "easier to setup" part.

[sindresorhus]

We'll definitely consider this in the future, but for now it's not stable or feature rich enough to be a feasible alternative. Use grunt-sass if you like playing on the edge.

[chriseppstein]

I agree that this would be premature at this time. However, my medium-term plans include helping get libsass to feature parity and making compass work with libsass in various application frameworks and languages.

[sindresorhus]

@chriseppstein that's great to hear! :)

⬆️ @paulirish @addyosmani @passy @btford

[passy]

That's fantastic news indeed! It would be incredible if we could drop drop the ruby dependency at some point in the future for Yeoman.

[sindresorhus]

We should consider doing some Bountysource on libsass to get more people involved.

[lmartins]

wow, just saw the comment from @chriseppstein
Would love to be able to use Compass with libsass, that would be perfect.