While I agree with the sentiment in most of this email I would argue Streams are not backward compatible. There's an effort so that what was coded in 0.8 still works in 0.10, but it's impossible to code things that work in both 0.8 and 0.10 without different code. Might seem minor, but since I found this in the crypto api i would argue it's something that should be tackled. As we reach newer versions of node 0.8 compatibility will be less of a problem, but fore now most production systems are in 0.8 or 0.6 and this has delayed people adopting 0.10. By having less people use newer versions, it also makes maturity take longer.
Error handling does suck but in all honesty it seems to suck everywhere but erlang. It does suck a bit more in node tbh. As for those who say "forking is not an option" — I would argue it's the only option. It's super common practice for companies to keep a private fork of a OS product. If someone chooses to do a "different node" I'm sure that by now there would be adoption. Actually someone already did that in a sense, meteorjs. The downsides are fragmenting an ecosystem but the upside is vaster, since it's normally a symptom of huge success in a os product (e.g. linux distros) Thanks Isaac and the Node team to keep honest to the ethos of Nodejs. As a user I appreciate knowing what to expect from you guys. I'm sure companies feel the same way when they rely on the product to do business. If you are looking for commercial alternatives to accommodate your needs, there's a few out there. Reach out to them and see what they can do for you. Nuno -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
