Thanks Ben, that was helpful. On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 6:12:19 PM UTC-8, Ben Noordhuis wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 12:16 AM, Mark Topinka <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hi V8 people - I am considering embedding V8 in a programming project. > > Which version would you recommend I use? It seems unfortunately like > there > > is very little publicly available sample code out there that works with > > version 4 of the V8 API (even a fair bit of the code on the official v8 > > "embedders guide" does not compile), so it's making learning the ropes a > bit > > difficult... but I'm getting there. What is the medium-term outlook for > > version 4.x - are we talking years until it's relatively stable and > mature, > > or is it nearly ready to go? On the one hand I would hate to base my > > project around a version of v8 that is going to be deprecated in the > near > > future... on the other hand I would hate to base my code around a > version of > > v8 that is still early in the development cycle with perhaps many hidden > > bugs still to be discovered and worked out. Any words of wisdom would > be > > appreciated. Thanks. -Mark > > V8 branches are tied to Chrome/Chromium releases (3.28 -> Chrome 38, > 3.29 -> Chrome 39, 3.30 -> Chrome 40, 4.1 -> Chrome 41, 4.2 -> > Chrome 42, etc.) and gets support and fixes for the lifetime of the > Chrome release, which I believe is six weeks. After that, the branch > is more or less abandoned; it may see the occasional bug fix but that > quickly tapers off. > > If you want advice on what version of V8 to use: pick the one that > ships with the current Chrome stable and be prepared to upgrade > frequently. The V8 API can change between releases and may require > updates to your code. > > Caveat emptor: the last few upgrades have been pretty smooth for us > (io.js) but there was a lot of churn in the ~1.5 years before that. > YMMV. > > Hope that helps! >
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