[MacPorts] #31353: npm: build from release tarball instead of git

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#31353: npm: build from release tarball instead of git
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…             |       Owner:  ciserlohn@…           
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new                   
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                        
Component:  ports                    |     Version:  2.0.3                 
 Keywords:                           |        Port:  npm                   
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 I'm breaking this request out of #31315.

 npm currently fetches from git, but
 [http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs/msg/2c42a73d3be4d5c2?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den
 the developer of npm suggests] that we should really be fetching the
 release tarball. This would obviate the need for us to manually build the
 documentation, allowing us to simplify the port again by undoing most of
 what was done in r84119, r84252, and r84253. Unless there's a reason I
 don't know about why we're building from git, we should use the release
 tarball.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/31353>
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