[fukawi2]

While you're technically correct, what I gathered from their experience is the consistency of usage, between not only their own projects but third-party projects too.

They could make technical improvements to their own Makefiles, sure. But it's more about being able to enter a project and have a consistent experience in "getting started".

[ReleaseCandidat]

> But it's more about being able to enter a project and have a consistent experience in "getting started".

I'd say putting the Makefile content in `package.json` would be more consistent, especially as they are already using Gulp as the build system.

[croemer]

You can't put comments in package.json, JSON should never have been used for something maintained by humans.