Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 54483D4F6 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:11:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 28368 invoked by uid 500); 1 Nov 2012 16:11:51 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 27462 invoked by uid 500); 1 Nov 2012 16:11:50 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 27034 invoked by uid 99); 1 Nov 2012 16:11:49 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:11:49 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.2 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.219.52] (HELO mail-oa0-f52.google.com) (209.85.219.52) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:11:39 +0000 Received: by mail-oa0-f52.google.com with SMTP id o6so2556700oag.11 for ; Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:11:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=3vgfsIz9G75T+ut0G8vWw1hXHCJmNRG2KRiX0nyLzjc=; b=AvFCv/Ii9/mm9eJ5DQNInQ2Gv6ecnwR8rYyRq/RjB8dtp0u7tWHW5fYQCqyM54D9My qH9FoiB1RUUx4ga0aQFOunDQb+GAdAzRiHWCBriSvGzblEE6bYQAA8D+Dvq7qlwiZzv/ EKRLnLJZoct24Lb3Up25IRo0DqX+9eCrclJWMsCS+Pfajj2VuhjNN7iEzb0CzATAeyas +oTd3xG0ovjLhfNvyxJcvxALGofl+czxrxB7dc0JsOz557Xo5gsoBEA/pk3wySe95Zrf zTe+o95llxVdhtacHsL9Z+A+YFXLlmVVF14MRPsBJPG6NMQ7Zx13yUetelwqLGA/n9A3 FvfQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.169.20 with SMTP id aa20mr35601876oec.105.1351786278079; Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:11:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.86.9 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 09:11:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [67.61.188.237] In-Reply-To: References: <4679D8A1A1BF4B16B584949A73A4FBD7@cloudant.com> Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 11:11:18 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Futon.Next Proof of Concept From: "matt j. sorenson" To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec54d49a6eacb5f04cd7144cc X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnpLyjzCffVMTR5blOaibFTAZyCt7jvi+yunCe+/fH9wDWX/wFycckNDLOAQzLw/v/3OaZv X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --bcaec54d49a6eacb5f04cd7144cc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Russell Branca wrote: > I understand your apprehension, however, the primary ways of minifying > javascript these days is with a javascript lib, or with a java lib. > > It should be noted that the node.js dependency is strictly as a build > tool, and not actually required for building couchdb. We could make it > an optional dependency, and just have a default compiled version in > the codebase at all times, allowing you to skip the node.js dependency > if you just want the standard configuration. For a vanilla couchdb > install, there shouldn't actually be any changes necessary to the > compiled app, so this could be a reasonable approach. > > -Russell > ^ What Russell wrote... my thoughts precisely. It's nonsensical that this has become such a divisive topic. Development aids, arguably indispensable ones, don't translate verbatim to shipping dependencies. Now, how about yeoman?! > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:49 AM, Robert Newson wrote: > > Needing node.js to build couchdb? I hate that. > --bcaec54d49a6eacb5f04cd7144cc--