Re: [IBMiOSS] gmake: *** virtual memory exhausted. Stop.

I would think then you wouldn't have to worry much about updates to Node

itself.

Multiple versions are still necessary because language features are
changing. For example, I might install the latest PTF with the new Node.js
version but I don't want to blindly accept the PTF won't cause issues with
my existing app. I would instead want to run all of my unit tests against
the new version without losing the old version. There's just too many
things that could go wrong (i.e. a deprecated API warning coming to full
fruition and is finally removed).


Aaron Bartell
litmis.com - Services for open source on IBM i


On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Kevin Adler <kadler@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"OpenSource" <opensource-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 07/20/2016
12:03:10 PM:

From: Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>
To: IBMi Open Source Roundtable <opensource@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 07/20/2016 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [IBMiOSS] gmake: *** virtual memory exhausted. Stop.
Sent by: "OpenSource" <opensource-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Are bugfix versions of Node.js that unstable/unpredictable that you

have

to really have to test this stuff?

Stability is only part of the reason. There's also changes to APIs
(iToolKit/DB adapter).

Ah, didn't know there were changes to iToolkit and DB adapter APIs and the
way they ship Node is different than how we ship Python, since we separate
out the packages in to separate PTFs from the Python runtime itself.
That's unfortunate, though hopefully that gets sorted out at some point.
It would be beneficial to get these projects (iToolkit and adapter) in
npm, so you could use whichever versions you want. I would think then you
wouldn't have to worry much about updates to Node itself.

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