Feature: Publish node-slate to npm

[dpilafian]

It would be great to replace:

"node-slate": "sdelements/node-slate"

with:

"node-slate": "~1.3"

in the package.json file for the gulp plugin:
https://github.com/center-key/gulp-node-slate/blob/master/package.json#L36

See:
https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=node-slate

[rsp]

@lord @sibartlett This issue has been open for almost a year now.
Is there any reason why node-slate is not published on npm? Are there any plans to do it?

It's blocking certain fixes of some issues in:

• Version number missing in dependency listing of node-slate pinntech/gulp-node-slate#1
• Don't require npm install node-slate if dep pinntech/gulp-node-slate#2

@dpilafian Have you considered publishing a version of node-slate to npm yourself, or including node-slate inside of gulp-node-slate instead of requiring as a dependency from github commit?

[rsp]

@dpilafian since node-slate is so unresponsive (or outright dead, as it seems) have you considered using some other Node fork of Slate, like whiteboard by @mpociot, or would you rather maintain your own form of node-slate as dpilafian/node-slate or center-key/node-slate? Can whiteboard be used as a drop-in replacement for node-slate?

[dpilafian]

@rsp That's a good idea... just created an issue to track it: center-key/gulp-node-slate#1 (updated to new issue)