[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40938: Add npm `package-lock.json` for npm v5.x

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#40938: Add npm `package-lock.json` for npm v5.x
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 Reporter:  netweb            |      Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:  4.9
Component:  Build/Test Tools  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal            |   Keywords:
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 npm v5 now by default generates a `package-lock.json` file

 Some paraphrased notes from the announcement post:
 http://blog.npmjs.org/post/161081169345/v500

 * `package-lock.json` and `npm-shrinkwrap.json` are aware of each other
 and happy to coexist

 * package locks no longer exclude optionalDependencies that failed to
 build. This means `package-lock.json` and `npm-shrinkwrap.json` should now
 be cross-platform.
  * This will hopefully mitigate the optionalDependencies issue with our
 build server in #38657 / r39368, when the build server is bumped to use
 the upcoming Node.js v8.x LTS release this can be tested and confirmed.

 * Running npm while offline will no longer insist on retrying network
 requests. npm will now immediately fall back to cache if possible, or
 fail, npm's caching is vastly improved in npm 5

 * On performance, NodeJS 6.9.1 and NPM 3.10.8 running `npm install` in
 tests took ~67.39 seconds on average, with NodeJS v7.10.0 and npm v5.0.0
 this is halved to ~28.938 seconds on average, once npm modules are cached
 reinstalling `node_modules` averages 23.091 seconds, just shy of a 3x
 speed boost
  * Detailed bbPress, BuddyPress, and WordPress performance tests can be
 seen in [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UJHm_dzezZK4ZPz48X-
 K39bND0y_0p5kLJl8jvybNgk/edit?usp=sharing this spreedsheet]
  * The performance boost is comparable to that of Yarn, initial install
 21.40 seconds, and subsequent installs 18.82 seconds, see #38603


 Related: #38603 Explore adding Yarn and a `yarn.lock` file for NPM module
 management

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