[fpc] #311: Node.js guidelines update
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#311: Node.js guidelines update
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Reporter: patches | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: Guideline Draft | Version:
Keywords: | Blocked By:
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We have a couple of changes we'd like to make to the Node.js Guidelines
after several months of refining our processes a little bit.
You can see the new draft at:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/NodeJS
The changes include:
* I've restored the %nodejs_fixdep section included in the original
version of the draft. After reviewing the IRC logs, it seemed FPC didn't
strongly object to this, and I believe it has several advantages to patch-
based workflows. Not only is it simpler for packagers, but it also makes
them dead simple to audit later on for staleness/compliance/whathaveyou.
(`grep -r nodejs_fixdep` is just a lot easier than trying to find relevant
patches. ;-) It also makes changes to dependencies much easier to see in
git.
[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/NodeJS#Correc...
(relevant section)]
[https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/...
(diff)]
* The RPM magic was recently split into it's own "nodejs-packaging" SRPM,
similar to Java. Accordingly, packages can now require "nodejs-packaging"
instead of "nodejs-devel" to reduce the number of deps dragged in at
build-time.
[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/NodeJS#BuildR...
(relevant section)]
[https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/...
(diff #1)]
[https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/...
(diff #2)]
[https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/nodejs/2013-April/000001.html
(list discussion)]
* The necessary ExclusiveArch line needed for Node.js packages is now
documented, including the %{nodejs_arches} macro recently added to redhat-
rpm-config for this purpose.
[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/NodeJS#Exclus...
(new section)]
[https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/nodejs/2013-May/000017.html
(list discussion)]
* A strategy for handling multiple/compatibility versions of packages that
is transparent to dependent packagers has been implemented.
[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/NodeJS#Handli...
(new section)]
[https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/nodejs/2013-June/000032.html
(list discussion)]
* The %{nodejs_default_filter} default automatic virtual provides
filtering macro (similar to Perl's) is now documented.
[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/NodeJS#Filter...
(new section)]
* A --check argument was added to %nodejs_symlink_deps simplify running
test suites in specs.
[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/NodeJS#.25check
(new section)]
* A brief mention that additional virtual provides are added for native
modules to track ABI compatibility was added.
[https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/...
(diff)]
* Some minor edits were made to the installing native modules section to
reflect reality; my initial draft contained errors.
[https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/...
(diff)]
* A brief note about an additional macro required to enable dependency
generation on EPEL was added.
[https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/...
(diff)]
I'd like to thank the fledgling Node.js SIG, including Stephen Gallager,
Jamie Nguyen, Tom Hughes, and Stanislav Ochotnicky for their valuable bug
catching, feedback, and suggestions, without which none of this would be
possible. And, also the FPC in advance for reviewing our changes, of
course. ;-)
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Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/311>
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Fedora Packages Collection Task Tracking
10 years, 1 month
Future of v8 and node in fedora
by Tomas Hrcka
Hello fedora noders,
at first I want to thank you for great amount of work you did to get
node to fedora. Good job!
I am poking around nodejs and v8 for few months, and there are few
things... Is there a reason why do we have this old version of v8 in
fedora? I know that stable branch of node is using it. But 0.10.*
releases should run well also on newer v8. I started rewrite of v8.spec
to use gyp and new stable release of v8, once finished I will publish it
for review (since I am new to packaging this may take some time).
Why do we have stable release of node in fedora? I know its stable, but
we are devs distro should we have latest nodejs that is out there?
People are using 0.11 branch for development despite the fact that it is
not stable.
I am offering my help here with both v8 and/or node and its modules so
if you have too much packages feel free to add me as co-maintainer and I
will do my best so we can deliver great distro with latest nodejs and
modules.
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Tomas Hrcka
Software Engineer - Developer Experience
10 years, 6 months
