Should node-gyp be dependency of npm-lifecycle?

[zkochan]

Currently npm-lifecycle relies on the node-gyp-bin folder of npm (https://github.com/npm/lifecycle/blob/latest/index.js#L94). This makes npm-lifecycle not too usable outside of npm itself.

I think node-gyp-bin should be moved to npm-lifecycle and node-gyp should be in dependencies of npm-lifecycle.

[zkochan]

Seems like the bins in node-gyp-bin should know the locations of node-gyp though, which is problematic with flat node_modules. Alternatively, maybe npm-lifecycle has to have an option to get a custom node-gyp path location.

[iarna]

I can see no reason that npm-lifecycle shouldn't be the thing bundling node-gyp.