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authorTimothy J Fontaine <tjfontaine@gmail.com>2014-02-17 20:57:53 -0800
committerTimothy J Fontaine <tjfontaine@gmail.com>2014-02-17 20:57:53 -0800
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/v0.10'
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diff --git a/deps/npm/doc/misc/npm-disputes.md b/deps/npm/doc/misc/npm-disputes.md
index 6e9f4bfcd..9fb1eaab4 100644
--- a/deps/npm/doc/misc/npm-disputes.md
+++ b/deps/npm/doc/misc/npm-disputes.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ npm-disputes(7) -- Handling Module Name Disputes
## SYNOPSIS
1. Get the author email with `npm owner ls <pkgname>`
-2. Email the author, CC <i@izs.me>.
+2. Email the author, CC <support@npmjs.com>
3. After a few weeks, if there's no resolution, we'll sort it out.
Don't squat on package names. Publish code or move out of the way.
@@ -42,15 +42,16 @@ Joe's appropriate course of action in each case is the same.
1. `npm owner ls foo`. This will tell Joe the email address of the
owner (Bob).
-2. Joe emails Bob, explaining the situation **as respectfully as possible**,
- and what he would like to do with the module name. He adds
- isaacs <i@izs.me> to the CC list of the email. Mention in the email
- that Bob can run `npm owner add joe foo` to add Joe as an owner of
- the `foo` package.
+2. Joe emails Bob, explaining the situation **as respectfully as
+ possible**, and what he would like to do with the module name. He
+ adds the npm support staff <support@npmjs.com> to the CC list of
+ the email. Mention in the email that Bob can run `npm owner add
+ joe foo` to add Joe as an owner of the `foo` package.
3. After a reasonable amount of time, if Bob has not responded, or if
- Bob and Joe can't come to any sort of resolution, email isaacs
- <i@izs.me> and we'll sort it out. ("Reasonable" is usually about 4
- weeks, but extra time is allowed around common holidays.)
+ Bob and Joe can't come to any sort of resolution, email support
+ <support@npmjs.com> and we'll sort it out. ("Reasonable" is
+ usually at least 4 weeks, but extra time is allowed around common
+ holidays.)
## REASONING
diff --git a/deps/npm/doc/misc/npm-faq.md b/deps/npm/doc/misc/npm-faq.md
index c2288389c..80e3d1ad4 100644
--- a/deps/npm/doc/misc/npm-faq.md
+++ b/deps/npm/doc/misc/npm-faq.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ npm-faq(7) -- Frequently Asked Questions
## Where can I find these docs in HTML?
-<https://npmjs.org/doc/>, or run:
+<https://www.npmjs.org/doc/>, or run:
npm config set viewer browser
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ program that uses it.
## Whatever, I really want the old style 'everything global' style.
-Write your own package manager, then. It's not that hard.
+Write your own package manager. You could probably even wrap up `npm`
+in a shell script if you really wanted to.
npm will not help you do something that is known to be a bad idea.
@@ -310,13 +311,17 @@ Go to <https://npmjs.org/forgot>.
Either the registry is down, or node's DNS isn't able to reach out.
-To check if the registry is down, open up <http://registry.npmjs.org/>
-in a web browser. This will also tell you if you are just unable to
-access the internet for some reason.
+To check if the registry is down, open up
+<https://registry.npmjs.org/> in a web browser. This will also tell
+you if you are just unable to access the internet for some reason.
-If the registry IS down, let me know by emailing <i@izs.me> or posting
-an issue at <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>. We'll have
-someone kick it or something.
+If the registry IS down, let us know by emailing <support@npmjs.com>
+or posting an issue at <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>. If it's
+down for the world (and not just on your local network) then we're
+probably already being pinged about it.
+
+You can also often get a faster response by visiting the #npm channel
+on Freenode IRC.
## Why no namespaces?
@@ -330,9 +335,12 @@ There is not sufficient need to impose namespace rules on everyone.
## Who does npm?
-`npm view npm author`
+npm was originally written by Isaac Z. Schlueter, and many others have
+contributed to it, some of them quite substantially.
-`npm view npm contributors`
+The npm open source project, The npm Registry, and [the community
+website](https://www.npmjs.org) are maintained and operated by the
+good folks at [npm, Inc.](https://www.npmjs.com)
## I have a question or request not addressed here. Where should I put it?