Gulp version outdated

[weleoka]

Not sure how bumping to Gulp 4 will affect the project. Currently it does not build on a base Node install.

$ ./node_modules/.bin/gulp -v     
CLI version 3.9.1
Local version 3.9.1

$ node -v
v15.7.0

$ ./node_modules/.bin/gulp dist
fs.js:51
} = primordials;
    ^
ReferenceError: primordials is not defined
    at fs.js:51:5
    at req_ (/home/node/node_modules/natives/index.js:143:24)
    at Object.req [as require] (/home/node/node_modules/natives/index.js:55:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/node/node_modules/vinyl-fs/node_modules/graceful-fs/fs.js:1:37)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1108:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1137:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:973:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:813:14)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:997:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:92:18)

See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55921442/how-to-fix-referenceerror-primordials-is-not-defined-in-node

Checking the versions:

$ npm outdated
Package     Current  Wanted  Latest  Location                 Depended by
gulp          3.9.1   3.9.1   4.0.2  node_modules/gulp        status-title-bar
gulp-clean    0.2.4   0.2.4   0.4.0  node_modules/gulp-clean  status-title-bar
gulp-util    2.2.20  2.2.20   3.0.8  node_modules/gulp-util   status-title-bar
gulp-zip      0.3.4   0.3.4   5.0.2  node_modules/gulp-zip    status-title-bar

Updating the devDependencies:

$ npm install gulp@latest gulp-clean@latest gulp-util@latest gulp-zip@latest
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: gulp-util is deprecated - replace it, following the guidelines at https://medium.com/gulpjs/gulp-util-ca3b1f9f9ac5

Resulting package.json:

{
  "name": "status-title-bar",
  "description": "Gnome-Shell extension that shows the focused window titlebar in the status panel.",
  "version": "1.0.5",
  "devDependencies": {
    "gulp": "^4.0.2",
    "gulp-clean": "^0.4.0",
    "gulp-util": "^3.0.8",
    "gulp-zip": "^5.0.2"
  }
}

Of course now we're on Gulp 4, so the tasks in the gulpfile have to be updated to new syntax. Anyone got any thoughts on doing this work. Shall I go ahead and see about putting a PR together?

[emerinohdz]

Hi @weleoka , a possible workaround for now could be to install the latest compatible node version using nvm:

nvm install 11.15.0
nvm use 11.15.0
npm clean install
./node_modules/.bin/gulp dist

Feel free to come up with a PR to migrate to gulp v4!