That makes logical sense, but does Google publish a contract about what will/won't change in version bumps? I couldn't find anything with rudimentary googling.
Certainly the recent discussion about how VM is faster due to some V8 optimisation step (now fixed in v8 core) would be wonderful to get into node. On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Isaac Schlueter <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm planning on updating the v8 version for the next 0.7 release. > > We stick to a single release group for stable versions of node. So, > node 0.6.x will always have v8 3.6.6.x. > > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Jorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just did it again with this < > https://nodeload.github.com/v8/v8/zipball/3.10.8>, right now: > > > > $ node -e 'console.log(process.versions)' > > { node: '0.7.5', > > v8: '3.10.8', > > ares: '1.7.5-DEV', > > uv: '0.6', > > openssl: '0.9.8r' } > > > > > > On May 10, 2012, at 2:40 AM, Jorge wrote: > > > >> I simply replace deps/v8 without applying any patches and it works > fine... > >> > >> On May 10, 2012, at 2:35 AM, mscdex wrote: > >> > >>> I am curious about getting a more recent version of v8 running in > >>> either node 0.7.x or 0.6.x. > >>> > >>> I tried swapping out v8 in 0.7.8 and 0.6.17 with a copy of v8 3.10.8.4 > >>> (checking and applying any of node's floating patches on v8) and > >>> everything seems to compile fine and at least work somewhat, but it > >>> always segfaults at the end (of the first tick?). > >>> > >>> Maybe I'm missing other floating patches or changes? Specifically I > >>> checked changes/patches made to v8/SConstruct, v8/tools/gyp/v8.gyp, > >>> and v8/build/common.gypi. > >> > > > > -- > > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "nodejs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
