[Bug 284373] www/npm: Maybe should be renamed?

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=284373

            Bug ID: 284373
           Summary: www/npm: Maybe should be renamed?
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: bob@vesterman.com
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(sunpoet@FreeBSD.org)
          Assignee: sunpoet@FreeBSD.org

I don't know enough about this to really say this *should* be done (and even if
it should, I don't think it's a terribly pressing issue), but I think it should
at least be considered by people who know more about it than me, if they
haven't done so already:

I recently decided to install node on one of my FreeBSD machines. So I took to
FreshPorts and searched for "node". That came up with a list that included:

www/node
www/node21
www/node22
www/node23
(and so forth)
www/npm-node21
www/npm-node22
www/npm-node23
(and so forth)

Based on that, my thoughts, in order, were:

1. OK, I want the www/node metaport.

2. Oh, looks like I have to explicitly install npm, too.

3. Wait, but there's no www/npm-node metaport?

4. So what if I choose some version of npm appropriate to the current www/node,
and then later the meaning of "www/node" changes? Sounds potentially dangerous.

5. That's weird. Well, then I guess I'll instead figure out what www/node
actually points to, then I'll just install the appropriate www/node* and
www/npm-node*.

I then did so, installing both www/node22 and www/npm-node22. Upon having done
so, the package message for www/node22 suggested that if I want npm, I should
install www/npm.

At this point I'd like to be explicit about what I see as the issue: "www/npm"
did not (and will not) show up on a (default settings) FreshPorts search for
"node", nor would it show up when directly searching for "node" within
/usr/ports/www via ls or find or whatever... but "npm-node<version>" did and
will.

Again, I don't know that this should be changed, and even if it should I think
it's only a very minor issue, but... maybe changing the name of www/npm to
www/npm-node might save someone in the future a little hassle, as it would have
done for me.

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