Migrate npm package name to @improbable-eng/grpc-web

[jonnyreeves]

Overview

• Google's grpc-web implementation is published to npm as grpc-web
• Improbable's gprc-web implementation (this project) is published to npm as grpc-web-client

To disambiguate the two, I propose that we migrate this project to publish under the @improbable-eng namespace in npm, ie: @improbable-eng/grpc-web, making use the npm orgs feature.

Migration Path

• Rename and publish 0.8.0 under @improbable-eng/grpc-web on npm (Scope and rename grpc-web-client package #290)
• Update mono-repo to remove all references to grpc-web-client package (Update all child packages to reference @improbable-eng/grpc-web #297)
• Release a new version of ts-protoc-gen which generates code that imports @improbable-eng/grpc-web (Point to new version of npm package ts-protoc-gen#147)
• Publish grpc-web-node-http-transport under the @improbable-eng org. (Migrate grpc-web-node-http-transport package so it's under the @improbable-eng org. on npm. #299)
• Deprecate the current grpc-web-client and grpc-web-node-http-transport packages with a note that encourages consumers to switch to @improbable-eng versions

Consumers would need to modify their import statements accordingly:

# Before
import { grpc } from 'grpc-web-client'

# After
import { grpc } from '@improbable-eng/grpc-web'

cc @easyCZ @johanbrandhorst @MarcusLongmuir

[jonny-improbable]

To get the ball rolling I've secured the improbable-eng org on npm

[jonny-improbable]

Step one complete, published 0.8.0 of @improbable-eng/grpc-web to npm

[johanbrandhorst]

Something that hasn't been mentioned, we need to change the import in the generated files to point to the new package.

[johanbrandhorst]

https://github.com/improbable-eng/ts-protoc-gen/blob/f1270468fc080e3b15e582892c589933d99af8f1/src/service/grpcweb.ts#L174

[johanbrandhorst]

improbable-eng/ts-protoc-gen#147

[jonnyreeves]

ts-protoc-gen v0.9.0 has been released which code-gens import statements that use the @improbable-eng/grpc-web package.

[jonny-improbable]

jonny$ npm i grpc-web-node-http-transport
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This package has been deprecated in favor of @improbable-eng/grpc-web-node-http-transport

[jonny-improbable]

OK, I've also deprecated the grpc-web-client package, and it's showing up on npm but not when I install it locally... 🤷‍♂️

Still, pretty sure we can now mark this migration as complete; I'll leave this issue open for a week to provide visibility to the community should anyone run into problems.

[johanbrandhorst]

So, uh, we've release 0.8.0 on NPM but we haven't got a corresponding release of this repo yet. How did we get out of sync like this? Can I make a release?

[johanbrandhorst]

Bump

[jonny-improbable]

This has been done for a long time 🥂