[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/iojs: new package

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

J?rg, All,

On 2015-01-15 20:58 +0100, J?rg Krause spake thusly:
> On Do, 2015-01-15 at 09:34 +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 00:38:16 +0100, J?rg Krause wrote:
> > > io.js is a fork of Node.js. This package is mainly based on the nodejs
> > > package, except for the patches.
> > > 
> > > io.js is currently marked as unstable and there is no stable release for now.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: J?rg Krause <jkrause@posteo.de>
> > 
> > Immediate question that comes to mind: is the code base diverging from
> > Node.js ?
> 
> Yes, it is.
> 
> > Do we need two separate packages ?
> 
> I would say yes. io.js is build against modern versions of V8 and libuv
> and bundles a recent npm package. This enables the user the new features
> from the upcoming JavaScript ECMA-262 specification (ES6).
> 
> From io.js ChangeLog:
> "The io.js codebase inherits the majority of the changes found in the
> v0.11 branch of the joyent/node repository and therefore can be seen as
> an extension to v0.11."

OK, so in the long run, will we need to have a virtual package for the
NodeJS feature?

That is, are there packages that would work with either NodeJS or iojs?

We need not add such a virtual package for now, but will need to when/if
we package in Buildroot new packages that can use either one.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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