FAB-5879 Add support for node 8 in addition to 6

we want to introduce support for node 8, in addition to 6 (until
6 goes end of life). we don't want to cut over to node 8
outright yet because it has not yet entered LTS status, which
is estimated to be in October

Change-Id: Icbc10f36b56e52e8c933ce85567a5f21a118e365
Signed-off-by: Jim Zhang <jzhang@us.ibm.com>

.gitignore

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ fabric-ca-client/lib/protos/*
 fabric-ca-client/lib/hash.js
 fabric-ca-client/lib/impl/*
 npm-shrinkwrap.json
+package-lock.json
 npm-debug.log
 tmp
 .project

README.md

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ The following section targets a current or future contributor to this project it
 
 ### Build and Test
 To build and test, the following pre-requisites must be installed first:
-* node runtime version 6.9.x, note that 7.0 is not supported at this point
-* npm tool version 3.10.x
+* node runtime version 6.9.x or higher, and 8.4.0 or higher ( __Node v7+ is not supported__ )
+* npm tool version 3.10.x or higher
 * gulp command (must be installed globaly with `npm install -g gulp`)
 * docker (not required if you only want to run the headless tests with `npm test`, see below)
 

build/tasks/watch.js

@@ -3,24 +3,31 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */
-var gulp = require('gulp'),
+let gulp = require('gulp'),
 	watch = require('gulp-watch'),
 	debug = require('gulp-debug'),
+	fs = require('fs'),
 	ca = require('./ca.js');
 
 gulp.task('watch', function () {
 	watch(ca.DEPS, { ignoreInitial: false, base: 'fabric-client/' })
 	.pipe(debug())
 	.pipe(gulp.dest('fabric-ca-client/'));
 
-	watch([
-		'fabric-client/index.js',
-		'fabric-client/config/**/*',
-		'fabric-client/lib/**/*',
-		'fabric-ca-client/index.js',
-		'fabric-ca-client/config/**/*',
-		'fabric-ca-client/lib/**/*'
-	], { ignoreInitial: false, base: './' })
-	.pipe(debug())
-	.pipe(gulp.dest('node_modules'));
+	// only do the following if node_modules/fabric-client and
+	// node_modules/fabric-ca-client are NOT created as sym links
+	let statsA = lstatSync('node_modules/fabric-client');
+	let statsB = lstatSync('node_modules/fabric-ca-client');
+	if (!statsA.isSymbolicLink() && !statsB.isSymbolicLink()) {
+		watch([
+			'fabric-client/index.js',
+			'fabric-client/config/**/*',
+			'fabric-client/lib/**/*',
+			'fabric-ca-client/index.js',
+			'fabric-ca-client/config/**/*',
+			'fabric-ca-client/lib/**/*'
+		], { ignoreInitial: false, base: './' })
+		.pipe(debug())
+		.pipe(gulp.dest('node_modules'));
+	}
 });

docs/tutorials/app-dev-env-setup.md

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ is responsible for managing the user certificates.
 You will need the following software:
 * [Docker and Docker Compose](http://hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io/en/latest/prereqs.html#docker-and-docker-compose) - see Hyperledger Fabric for details
 * [Nodejs](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
-v6.2.0 - 6.10.0 ( __Node v7+ is not supported__ )
+v6.2.0 - 6.10.0, 8.4.0+ ( __Node v7+ is not supported__ )
 
 ## Prepare crypto materials
 

fabric-ca-client/package.json

@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@
     "url": "http://gerrit.hyperledger.org/r/fabric-sdk-node"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=6.9.0 <7.0",
+    "node": ">=6.9.0",
     "npm": ">=3.10.0"
   },
-  "engine-strict": true,
-  "engineStrict": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "bn.js": "^4.11.3",
     "elliptic": "^6.2.3",

fabric-client/package.json

@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@
     "test": "node test/unit/headless-tests.js"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=6.9.0 <7.0",
+    "node": ">=6.9.0",
     "npm": ">=3.10.0"
   },
-  "engine-strict": true,
-  "engineStrict": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "bn.js": "^4.11.3",
     "callsite": "^1.0.0",

package.json

@@ -9,14 +9,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "gulp test-headless"
   },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=4.5.0",
-    "npm": ">=2.15.9"
-  },
-  "engine-strict": true,
-  "engineStrict": true,
   "devDependencies": {
-    "bn.js": "^4.11.6",
+    "bn.js": "^4.11.8",
     "bunyan": "^1.8.10",
     "cloudant": "^1.7.0",
     "del": "^2.2.2",
@@ -37,7 +31,7 @@
     "intercept-stdout": "^0.1.2",
     "jsrsasign": "6.2.2",
     "log4js": "^0.6.38",
-    "mock-couch": "https://github.com/jimthematrix/mock-couch.git",
+    "mock-couch": "git+https://github.com/jimthematrix/mock-couch.git",
     "nano": "^6.2.0",
     "require-dir": "^0.3.0",
     "rewire": "^2.5.2",