I've been using numtel:pg package for several projects in Meteor. Since Meteor version 1.8 the package isn't working correctly anymore. Anyone can point me to a solution?
Anyone able to make numtel:pg package working with Meteor 1.8?
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The package seems to be abandoned, since there is no update in 4 years(!).
Trying to fix a package that is this outdated is usually not worth the effort. Your best options in this case are
Find an alternative package for postgreSQL integration
Find a fork of the package, that has fixed the compatibility issues
Fork the package yourself and update the NPM versions or transform the package to run without hard wiring to a specific NPM version.
Resources to achieve that:
https://guide.meteor.com/writing-atmosphere-packages.html#peer-npm-dependencies
https://github.com/tmeasday/check-npm-versions
General Readings:
https://guide.meteor.com/atmosphere-vs-npm.html
https://guide.meteor.com/writing-atmosphere-packages.html
What to do if none of this applies to you, because
First you should definitely open an issue on the repo and describe your problem as detailed as possible:
If the repo owner does not respond after a week you may trigger her attention by using
@nameOfOwner
in the comments.By doing all these efforts you raise the chance of some community members to pick up your error (because there is less effort to reproduce when the error is documented well) and fix the issue or fork the repo.
Last but not least the golden way would be to deal with the issue, read about the package and how it works, check the code and try to fix it. Write some tests, document the fix and finally open a pull request in order to share the improvements with all the other package users.