Serialport 2.1.2 too old

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SerialPort is on 4.0.6

this module still depends on a custom 2.1.2 version

Installing as a depency in a newer project leads to lifecycle errors since 2.1.2 is end of life

C:\Users\peter\Documents\Github\LaserWeb3\node_modules\tinyg\node_modules\serial                                                                                                                                                                                               port>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\peter\AppData\Roaming\np                                                                                                                                                                                               m\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js                                                                                                                                                                                               " clean )  else (node "" clean )

npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.14393
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\peter\\AppData\\                                                                                                                                                                                               Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! node v6.9.1
npm ERR! npm  v4.0.2
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! serialport@2.1.2 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the serialport@2.1.2 install script 'node-pre-gyp install --f                                                                                                                                                                                               allback-to-build'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the serialport package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs serialport
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls serialport
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.