add registry-mirror / npm-on-ipfs

[zeke]

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[billiegoose]

Is the "registry-mirror" package deprecated in favor of "ipfs-npm" @diasdavid? And is that the same as "npm-on-ipfs" project?

registry-mirror
ipfs-npm
npm-on-ipfs

[daviddias]

@wmhilton registry-mirror, the module, will be deprecated once ipfs-npm is released. ipfs-npm is essentially registry-mirror, but with a name that is easier to identify and with a better CLI for people to use that takes into account all of the feedback received so far. Also, can be good to link more info/explanation of registry-mirror, can be found here - http://blog.daviddias.me/2015/12/08/stellar-module-management

@whyrusleeping is finishing up the unixfs sharding (tl;dr; will enable to store the entire npm on IPFS without having to create a very large MerkleDAG node), once that is done, I'll get back to work on ipfs-npm and make it use that feature :)

[zeke]

@whyrusleeping is finishing up the unixfs sharding

Just checking in. How is that process going?

@wmhilton do you want me to revamp this PR, or should I just close it?

[zeke]

Also, @diasdavid I'm getting an error when I try to visit http://blog.daviddias.me/2015/12/08/stellar-module-management

[zeke]

Found it :)

http://blog.daviddias.me/post/stellar-module-management/

[daviddias]

Unixfs sharing will be merged on go-ipfs 0.4.6 release (early Q1 2017), meanwhile a lot has been put into npm-on-ipfs to make it faster

//cc @whyrusleeping

[billiegoose]

I'm just going to add links to both registry-mirror and ipfs-npm for now, since it is still transitioning.