Next version will be Etherpad 1.8. As planned in #3424, we are going to require
NodeJS >=8.9.0 and npm >= 6.4.
This commit implements that change and updates documentation and scripts.
Subsequent changes will get rid of old idioms, dating back to node < 0.7, that
still survive in the code.
Once migrated to NodeJS 8, we will be able to start working on migrating the
code base from callbacks to async/await, greatly simplifying legibility (see
#3540).
Closes#3557
The install instructions relied on the default branch being "master" on Github.
This has no longer been the case for some time now.
Let's be explicit, and directly advise new users to put themselves on the stable
branch ("master").
In installDeps.sh we have a bunch of code (from 2011) that checks for the
existence of jQuery and eventually downloads it, but since 1239ce7f28 (year
2012) jquery is vendorized in /src/static/js/jquery.js.
Also, stop mentioning curl as a dependency in the README.md
Fixes#3494
In its current form, Etherpad stores passwords for users in plain text in
settings.json. We should at least mention the opportunity of installing
ep_hash_auth to start tackling this problem.
The advice was added in README.md and in settings.json.template
Fixes#3444
Etherpad 1.6.6 does not run on node <= 5 already.
Node 6.9 is the first LTS release in the 6 series, and comes with npm 3.10.8.
Declarations in package.json are advisory unless the user has set
`engine-strict` config flag.
Updated the docs accordingly.
Out of the box, etherpad-lite does not work correctly if cloned/installed into a subdirectory within an existing project. To do so, a few minor tweaks to the installation process are necessary which are documented here.
