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The failure

npm install dies partway through the documented one-liner on any
machine whose python3 is 3.12 or newer and which has no setuptools.
Reproduced here on the pinned toolchain, with distutils made
unavailable the way a stock machine has it:

gyp ERR! configure error
    from distutils.version import StrictVersion
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'
gyp ERR! cwd .../nuxt/node_modules/deasync
gyp ERR! node -v v16.18.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.1.0

vue-jest 3.0.7 is the only thing that pulls deasync, deasync is
the only non-optional dependency in the frontend that compiles, and
node-gyp 9.1.0, bundled with the npm that ships in Node 16, imports a
module Python 3.12 removed. It is test tooling: nothing at runtime
touches it.

The fix

vue-jest 3 to @vue/vue2-jest 29, the maintained package from the
same project. It is the transform for Vue 2 under Jest 29, matches the
installed jest and babel-jest, takes vue-template-compiler from
the existing runtime dependency, and its only optional peer
(typescript) is marked optional so nothing new is installed.

This was preferred over the two other options in the issue. Dropping
vue-jest outright would have taken the component test with it, since
it is what transforms the SFC. Guarding for Python in setup.mjs would
have left the consumer to install setuptools before a starterkit
works.

Verified

Same worktree, same toolchain, distutils unavailable in both runs:

before after
npm install in nuxt/ exit 1, gyp failure in deasync exit 0, 2713 packages
npm run test:unit not reached 1 suite, 1 test, 1 snapshot passed

The snapshot passing unchanged is the evidence that @vue/vue2-jest
renders the component the same way vue-jest did.

Also run: lint:js, lint:format, lint:md, lint:cspell,
lint:knip, lint:private and test:scripts (112 tests, on Node 22
as CI does).

The lock loses 502 lines: deasync, bindings, node-addon-api and a
second copy of core-js 2 that came in with vue-jest.

The regression guard

test/native-deps.test.mjs pins the set of packages allowed to run an
install script on a consumer's machine, and asserts deasync is not
back. Optional packages are excluded on purpose: npm carries on when
their build fails, so they cannot break an install the way this did.

Confirmed to fail rather than decorate: injecting a deasync entry
into the lock turns 3 passes into 2 failures, both naming it.

Not covered here

quickstart-druxt-site-tome has the same vue-jest 3 and the same
transform, so it has the same failure. Its modernization is still in an
open merge request, so the port belongs there rather than in this one.
quickstart-druxt-serverless and quickstart-druxt-commerce have no
Jest at all and are unaffected.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The Vue test transformer changes from vue-jest to @vue/vue2-jest. A new test checks lockfile install scripts, rejects deasync, and verifies the configured transformer. The changelog and spell-check list are updated.

Changes

Vue transform and install-script safety

Layer / File(s) Summary
Replace the Vue Jest transformer
nuxt/package.json, nuxt/jest.config.js, .cspell-project-words.txt
Nuxt uses @vue/vue2-jest instead of vue-jest for .vue files. The spell-check list includes the new package terms.
Validate native install dependencies
test/native-deps.test.mjs, CHANGELOG.md
A test checks allowed install scripts, confirms deasync is absent, and verifies the Vue transformer dependency. The changelog records the update.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 1fb12

This updates the Nuxt Vue test transformer to remove the native install dependency that blocks Python 3.12+ installations. The current change configures the new transformer, but the regression guard does not verify that configuration mapping, leaving a bounded test-coverage risk before merge.

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In `@test/native-deps.test.mjs`:
- Around line 77-85: Update the test case around “transforms .vue files with a
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Comment thread test/native-deps.test.mjs
Comment on lines +77 to +85
it('transforms .vue files with a package that has no native build', () => {
const { devDependencies = {} } = JSON.parse(
fs.readFileSync(path.join(REPO, 'nuxt', 'package.json'), 'utf8')
)
assert.ok(
devDependencies['@vue/vue2-jest'],
'@vue/vue2-jest is the maintained transform for Vue 2 and Jest 29.'
)
assert.ok(!devDependencies['vue-jest'], 'vue-jest 3 is unmaintained and depends on deasync.')

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the Jest configuration, not only the dependency manifest.

These assertions only inspect nuxt/package.json. They do not verify that nuxt/jest.config.js maps .vue files to @vue/vue2-jest. A future transformer regression could pass this test. Load or parse the Jest configuration and assert the exact .vue transform mapping.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@test/native-deps.test.mjs` around lines 77 - 85, Update the test case around
“transforms .vue files with a package that has no native build” to load or parse
nuxt/jest.config.js and assert that the .vue transform mapping points exactly to
`@vue/vue2-jest`, while retaining the existing dependency-manifest assertions.

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