On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Dave Horton <[email protected]> wrote: > Putting all of the political discussion to one side (I don't find it that > interesting, and I am not one that is concerned the sky is falling because > of this fork) I have one very simple tactical question: > > what are the considerations that a developer might have in deciding to > switch from nodejs to iojs ? > > Perhaps its too early to even get an answer to that, due to the fact that > the new org seems to be currently shrouded in some of kind well-intentioned > cone of silence as they try (pointlessly, it seems to me) not to piss of > joyent and be able to point to some theoretical future where the toothpaste > might all go back in the tube. > > But if they want a viable product and org, then they need users and > supporters. To get users they have to educate them about why this product > is right for them. If they are not ready for that -- not ready to really > have people join the community -- then they should say so. Otherwise, they > should get on with providing more details so people like me can self-select > whether this project/community is for them.
I wouldn't say there is a cone of silence, it's merely low key at this point. To answer your question about why someone would want to switch, let me quip from the README: "This repository began as a GitHub fork of joyent/node. io.js contributions, releases, and contributorship are under an open governance model. We intend to land, with increasing regularity, releases which are compatible with the npm ecosystem that has been built to date for node.js." In other words, the goal is to put out releases that are compatible with joyent/node, only more frequently. That includes bug fixes, security fixes, new features, more and better support for different platforms and architectures, etc. The reason why I participate in io.js is that the development pace of joyent/node is glacial and has been for a long time. Bugs go unfixed, security issues often go unaddressed for far too long, pull requests collect dust instead of reviews, releases are few and far between (e.g. the five month gap between v0.11.13 and v0.11.14); it has simply stagnated. -- 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/CAHQurc9o%2BC8%3DjBDKdyVMP3aHssmKC%2BckhbgXwD%2B3UhZvugSh6g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
