{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/paulmillr/chokidar/issues/246","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/paulmillr/chokidar/issues/246/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/paulmillr/chokidar/issues/246/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/paulmillr/chokidar/issues/246/events","html_url":"https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/issues/246","id":59413381,"number":246,"title":"Are there alternatives to the fsevents?","user":{"login":"monolithed","id":803674,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/803674?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/monolithed","html_url":"https://github.com/monolithed","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/monolithed/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/monolithed/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/monolithed/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/monolithed/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/monolithed/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/monolithed/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/monolithed/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/monolithed/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/monolithed/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":7,"created_at":"2015-03-01T19:29:50Z","updated_at":"2015-03-02T15:16:06Z","closed_at":"2015-03-01T20:50:20Z","body":"I can not install many packages because they use `chokidar` \r\n\r\n```\r\n> fsevents@0.3.1 install /usr/local/www/node_modules/grunt-polyfill-service/node_modules/polyfill-service/node_modules/6to5/node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents\r\n> node-gyp rebuild\r\n\r\ngyp ERR! configure error \r\nERR! stack Error: Python executable \"python\" is v3.4.1, which is not supported by gyp.\r\ngyp ERR! stack You can pass the --python switch to point to Python >= v2.5.0 & < 3.0.0.\r\n```\r\n`fsevents` depends on `node-gyp` which depends on [outdated](https://code.google.com/p/gyp/issues/detail?id=36) `gyp`\r\n\r\nSome people start [petitions](https://www.change.org/petitions/google-inc-upgrade-gyp-to-support-phyton-3) to update the `gyp`, but it's useless because the Google has released a new project builder [gn](https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/gn)\r\n\r\nPython 3 was released in 2008, and I don't want to replace my work environment with Python 2 and no one wants!\r\n\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/paulmillr/chokidar/issues/comments/76729197","html_url":"https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/issues/246#issuecomment-76729197","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/paulmillr/chokidar/issues/246","id":76729197,"user":{"login":"paulmillr","id":574696,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/574696?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/paulmillr","html_url":"https://github.com/paulmillr","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/paulmillr/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/paulmillr/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/paulmillr/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/paulmillr/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/paulmillr/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/paulmillr/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/paulmillr/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/paulmillr/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/paulmillr/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-02T15:16:06Z","updated_at":"2015-03-02T15:16:06Z","body":"@monolithed great to hear you've fixed the problem! I'll add the solution to README."}}