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Packaging node.js in Fedora

Note this is work in progess!

node.js[1] is an asynchronous I/O based runtime for v8[2] javascript engine.

The purpose of this page is to keep track of node.js packaging state, so that it's easy for anyone to to join the efforts and contribute. It may serve as tracker to aid transparent communication of problems we communicate solve with aid of node.js community outside Fedora (so that they know what bothers us :).

Versioning

Node.js is dependent on v8 and as such, it needs to coordinate version updates with v8 package.

Packages and reviews

Integrating NPM with RPM

  • Does not use pristine upstream sources, not all node.js components in the wild contain package.json
  • Unable to install to different location than what dependencies are dragged from
  • Upstreams use very wild directory names in tarballs (such as: timestamp). Standardize that?