Thank you, Ben. On Friday, December 12, 2014 11:12:27 AM UTC-5, Ben Noordhuis wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Dave Horton <[email protected] > <javascript:>> 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. >
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