bump node version to 8.9.3 [FEDX-409]
bump node version to 8.9.1 [FEDX-409]
8.9.3
don't clean cache
try ignoring course_experience
another attempt
back out that coverage patch
This change:
* gives us the flexibility of managing node from pull-request to pull-request. It'll be a huge lift to folks that want to test out node upgrades like @bjacobel or @andy-armstrong
* Sets us up for a port to Xenial, which will be accomplished in part by using nodeenv for managing the node environment. See a companion PR on the configuration repo for edxapp: edx/configuration#3444
This pull request does not:
* Attempt to solve any stability issues in builds related to node.
* Make node installs any faster
* Create any caching infrastructure to speed up node installs. They will be approximately as fast as they were before. Downloading the node bits build-to-build adds about 3 seconds, which is worth it for the added flexibility.
Some Jenkins builds are erroring when attempting to set up the
npm environment with the error:
`npm ERR! cb() never called!`
Although it could point to a couple of different things, it is more classically
a sign of a dirty npm environment cache. Cleaning the cache at the start
of any given Jenkins job (which are sourced through this file) should
alleviate the problem.
The jenkins-common script is the better place for this particular setup, since that
script is doing similar setup steps to prepare the environment for running
various tests/subsequent scripts. This also will resolve downstream processes,
such as our jenkins AMI builder (for jenkins-worker images).
