On: Do not use NPM 5.7

[dharmab]

Several Arch Linux AUR helpers (pacaur and trizen, for example) refuse to run as root. Instead, they invoke sudo to escalate only during the necessary phases.

[RX14 → dharmab]

That's because makepkg rightly refuses to run as root.

    ==> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is not allowed as it can cause permanent,
    catastrophic damage to your system.