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Subject: Re: Branch to switch from SpiderMonkey to Node.js
From: Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org>
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On Jan 31, 2013, at 17:20 , Benoit Chesneau <bchesneau@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> On IOS and Android there isn't any stable release of nodejs today =
which
>> can
>>> be problematic. It is easier with v8 now but this is another topic.
>>=20
>> But we agree that this is out of scope for now?
>>=20
>=20
>=20
> This is a policy we should define imo. Do we want to think to a
> cross-platform solution today (desktop, mobile & other) and if yes we =
have
> to make sure it works or will we have different solutions depending on =
the
> platform. We can also just ignore that part and let it for the future =
with
> the possibility to switch again. I have no strong opinion on that but =
that
> something that should be decided imo.

I=92d say we make that policy once we have the code. I=92m totally in =
favour.

Best
Jan
--=20


>=20
>=20
>>=20
>>>>> Also the point is that nodejs isn't so widely deployed or already
>>>> insyaled
>>>>> that some say.
>>>>=20
>>>> Yes, I get that. But I contest that premise. The only thing that =
matters
>>>> is whether Node is *available* on these systems.
>>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> Well not really. Some users have specific requirements for =
dependencies.
>>> For example lot of centos/rhel users can't install anything coming
>> outside
>>> legal repos.
>>=20
>> Right, that=92s why I am asking for a list of available node versions =
on
>> these
>> systems that we want to target with future versions of CouchDB.
>>=20
>> +1
>=20
>>=20
>>> A
>>>>=20
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> My requirements  for a first try are:
>>>=20
>>> - sandboxing: no I/O accepted by default, no global variables, or
>> functions
>>> that leak content
>>=20
>> Cool, thanks.
>>=20
>>> - embed in our source code so we don't rely to external for that. =
and
>> don't
>>> ask to the user to check outside
>>=20
>> I think this one is debatable, but possible with Node (as opposed to =
SM).
>> I=92d file this for nice to have someday.
>>=20
>>=20
>> yes just a short list while yiou were speaking about it. we indeed =
need to
> have a concensus on that.