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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: F23 Self Contained Change: io.js Technology Preview
From:       Josef Stribny <jstribny () redhat ! com>
Date:       2015-06-24 13:16:27
Message-ID: 558AADAB.8030203 () redhat ! com
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On 06/24/2015 10:21 AM, Peter Robinson wrote:
> 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/
> 
Exactly my thoughts. Plus also introducing another v8 package because of 
that?

Josef
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