v3.6.0 incompatible with super new SDKs 10.0.15063.Desktop

[himadrinath]

see this docs: #1144

[refack]

If you're seeing errors similar to this with version v3.6.1 with VS2017

C:\Users\himad\Desktop\testProject\node_modules\sharp>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\himad\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\....\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild ) else (node "" rebuild )
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\himad\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\gyp_main.py", line 16, in 
sys.exit(gyp.script_main())
File "C:\Users\himad\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp_init_.py", line 545, in script_main
return main(sys.argv[1:])
File "C:\Users\himad\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp_init_.py", line 538, in main
return gyp_main(args)
File "C:\Users\himad\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp_init_.py", line 514, in gyp_main
options.duplicate_basename_check)
File "C:\Users\himad\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp_init_.py", line 98, in Load
generator.CalculateVariables(default_variables, params)
File "C:\Users\himad\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\generator\msvs.py", line 1918, in CalculateVariables
generator_flags.get('msvs_version', 'auto'))
File "C:\Users\himad\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\MSVSVersion.py", line 434, in SelectVisualStudioVersion
versions = _DetectVisualStudioVersions(version_map[version], 'e' in version)
KeyError: '2017'
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (C:\Users\himad\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:336:16)
gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:194:7)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:215:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.15063
gyp ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\himad\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\himad\Desktop\testProject\node_modules\sharp
gyp ERR! node -v v7.9.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN testproject@1.0.0 No repository field.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! sharp@0.17.3 install: node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the sharp@0.17.3 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
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 sharp package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs sharp
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls sharp
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

do not install any of the special SDKs (red) only any of the greens

P.S. you only need one, and best tested is 14393

[refack]

Will be in npm@5.0.2
Ref: npm/npm#16894

[bloukrans]

Hi,

still having the above issue: node 8.9.3, npm 5.6.0, node-gyp 3.6.2 on win 8.1
windows-build-tools installed and up to date, Visual Studio 2017 + various redistribution packs installed.

any hints on this?
Thanks!