It sounds like you both agree with folks on the issue that bundling node (and internally using the bundled node) is find/good but adding it to the PATH is not desirable.
I think we have come up with a proposed solution where `./emsdk_env.sh` will, by default, only install emcc into the path. On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 11:20 AM Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 8:48 AM Floh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > ...and I would strongly prefer not to have a bundled node at all. >> >> Hmm, I have the opposite opinion tbh, Node *should* be bundled, but >> shouldn't be added to the path (so that the bundled version doesn't collide >> with any globally installed version), and the Emscripten SDK shouldn't >> accidentially call any globally installed node version (only the bundled >> one). >> >> I'd prefer this because at work I'm seeing that projects often depend on >> older node/npm versions (at least there's nvm to easily switch between >> versions), but having Emscripten depend on a globally installed node >> version would only add to the confusion (and probably swamp the Emscripten >> team with bugs which would actually be node compatibility issues). Same >> with python2 vs python3. >> > > *nod* that's sensible enough -- node has felt stabler than python during > the 2/3 switch, but node isn't free of back-compat problems too. :) > > I'd be fine with bundling it for internal usage, as long as it's out of > the PATH. > > -- brion > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "emscripten-discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/emscripten-discuss/CAFnWYTnHh1%2BTFZ5v3uwEzTSrxFqAZ1ZH%3DO3arfQce9CWNkOC4Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/emscripten-discuss/CAFnWYTnHh1%2BTFZ5v3uwEzTSrxFqAZ1ZH%3DO3arfQce9CWNkOC4Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "emscripten-discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/emscripten-discuss/CAL_va2_JspZjPjub06Fp%2B5-XWTex_Lx_i1k_qz2X7K-QLrGr5g%40mail.gmail.com.
