From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:29:59 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/iojs: new package In-Reply-To: <1421351925.2625.14.camel@posteo.de> References: <1421278696-15122-1-git-send-email-jkrause@posteo.de> <20150115093427.0b5118b2@free-electrons.com> <1421351925.2625.14.camel@posteo.de> Message-ID: <20150118162959.GQ4275@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net 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 > > > > 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. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'