F23 Self Contained Change: io.js Technology Preview

[Josef Stribny]

On 06/24/2015 10:21 AM, Peter Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:52 AM, Jan Kurik <jkurik at 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