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Subject:    Re: F23 Self Contained Change: io.js Technology Preview
From:       Peter Robinson <pbrobinson () gmail ! com>
Date:       2015-06-24 8:21:23
Message-ID: CALeDE9NYWAp7Zv3-bzdxaCqMtpd36OqDEsL4STffSAPhngGQCA () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:52 AM, Jan Kurik <jkurik@redhat.com> wrote:
> = Proposed Self Contained Change: io.js Technology Preview =
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/iojs
> 
> Change owner(s): T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth at gmail dot com>
> 
> io.js is an npm compatible platform originally based on Node.js™ that supports \
> version 6 of the ECMAScript standard and additional features, developed with an \
> open governance model. io.js will be offered as an optional replacement for \
> `/usr/bin/node` on Fedora systems as a Technology Preview. node.js will remain the \
> default implementation of `/usr/bin/node` in Fedora 23. 
> == Detailed Description ==
> io.js is an npm compatible platform originally based on Node.js™ that supports \
> version 6 of the ECMAScript standard and additional features, developed with an \
> open governance model. For more information about io.js and the differences between \
> node.js, visit the io.js website. 
> io.js will support the same set of binary modules currently supported by node.js on \
> Fedora. It is expected to be obsoleted by a future version of the `nodejs` package, \
> as these two projects have announced their intention to merge. 
> We will support both parallel-installation of the iojs interpreter alongside the \
> existing node.js interpreter, and permit replacement of `/usr/bin/node` with io.js \
> in an additional package. All existing noarch nodejs-* packages will work with both \
> interpreters. (Though obviously you'll have to specify iojs if you haven't \
> installed it the /usr/bin/node support package.) Seperate nodejs-* and iojs-* will \
> be provided for binary modules.

Why are we even bothering with this when io.js is merging back into
node.js so from what I can see is that io.js won't really be around
for much longer

http://thenextweb.com/dd/2015/06/16/node-js-and-io-js-are-settling-their-differences-merging-back-together/
                
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