..but doesn't that also imply adding ninja as dep? All npm projects using node-gyp might be affected (goes without saying, I guess). Possibly also want to rethink the 'configure' phase. I've followed GN from a distance and are willing to give it a whirl if its considered worth exploring.
On Wednesday, July 9, 2014 4:03:31 PM UTC+10, Fedor Indutny wrote: > > Some of the addon's gyp files could be translated to the GN without even > requiring author to do so. > > The syntax is generally pretty similar: > https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/GNQuickStart, > https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/GNCookbook . > > I'm +1 for moving to GN if it is better than GYP, since GYP has quite a > lot of problems and caveats. > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Forrest Norvell <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I don't really have an answer for you (although I think it's a question >> that needs to be answered), but I wanted to offer a small correction. The >> link to the gn roadmap is actually >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/15kfxO_L3u2iJesR9RtxCDFdgzF_uqgwLHzq17CCOS5c/edit#heading=h.aav57pgqrcv7 >> >> F >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Johan Bergström <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> It's pretty clear that Google is moving away and effectively abandoning >>> Gyp at the end of this year. That means that everything within chromium (v8 >>> and zlib is the only stuff that would affect node, right?) will be built by >>> gn. >>> Reading their roadmap ( >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nodejs/Nq0AjcoEtlg/OuMlVARTZo4J), >>> there's some overlap between the build systems - but build files and what >>> supports what will change down the road. >>> >>> Since the node ecosystem uses gyp, I thought it at least would be >>> relevant to have a discussion about this. I'm not suggesting to switch, nor >>> semi-maintain gyp as google drops it off its radar; but I've at least >>> searched for more information in this regard. The last mention I saw within >>> the node ecosystem was a reply from Ryan Dahl found here >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/nodejs/Nq0AjcoEtlg/OuMlVARTZo4J >>> (not sure why he refers to gn as cancelled though). >>> >>> It's somewhat unfortunate timing as "1.0" is stabilising, but it's >>> better to at least see what node lead thinks about it since it has a pretty >>> wide effect. >>> >>> -- >>> Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >>> New group rules: >>> https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md >>> Old group rules: >>> 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <javascript:>. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/ee7b7cf3-4c16-4388-add7-74c106a2196c%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/ee7b7cf3-4c16-4388-add7-74c106a2196c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> New group rules: >> https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md >> Old group rules: >> 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAHG3qKr5%2BvbcxM77MwkLPVWXG8iG7jgWxN2KCi5Vs5Zig8eaOg%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAHG3qKr5%2BvbcxM77MwkLPVWXG8iG7jgWxN2KCi5Vs5Zig8eaOg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/8b4e45fa-8fd9-4071-b11e-3e9a7bf8e73c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
