On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Bry <brandon.add...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If the binary package is an experimental feature, why was it introduced in > an even numbered release (stable)?
Good question! This is not really a feature of node itself, but just a feature of the build process. We've frequently added new build artifacts in stable release families. For example, adding the OS X pkg installer in 0.6.2, and a signed pkg installer in 0.8.5, or npm in 0.6.6. It's experimental because there may be odd edge cases we haven't encountered. I would not be surprised if some binary addon stopped working because it was built in some way that it's sensitive to a subtle difference in compiler, etc. Building from source should work as always, of course, and the existing binary installers for OS X and Windows have been tested extensively.
