On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:52 AM, Jan Kurik <jkurik(a)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-...
Exactly my thoughts. Plus also introducing another v8 package because of
that?
Josef