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Does this mean that GNOME extensions will now have npm dependencies? If not, what's the advantage of "following the industry standard" here? Do GNOME extensions
by self_awareness 3y ago
Does this mean that GNOME extensions will now have npm dependencies? If not, what's the advantage of "following the industry standard" here? Do GNOME extensions share common code with web apps?
- mdwalters 3y agoDoubt it. The post says they're switching to ESM imports, and doesn't mention npm.
- PlutoIsAPlanet 3y agoSwapping to NPM I presume would require supporting nodejs, which uses V8. GNOME uses GJS which is tightly bound to Spidermonkey There was a project that experimented with having GNOME bindings on V8 instead, but I think it's dead and not updated in years.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoI assume npm packages would get pulled in at "build" time.