It's what OpenBSD ports have been doing for npm packages for a while, until they eventually gave up and just told people to install using npm. There are very s

It's what OpenBSD ports have been doing for npm packages for a while, until they eventually gave up and just told people to install using npm. There are very strong arguments for both approaches. Some people will tell you to use a version of a library in your distro's repo, because it's been vetted by a third party. It's nice to be able to choose an OS/distro that fits your needs.