[nodejs] Re: NodeJS unstable: unable to npm-install modules that need compilation?

2013-09-24 Thread ~flow
just did a napping session with that one. good to know i'm not alone. good to know there's something being done by someone, too: https://github.com/rvagg/nan Native Abstractions for Node.js *A header file filled with macro and utility goodness for making addon development for Node.js easier a

Re: [nodejs] Re: NodeJS unstable: unable to npm-install modules that need compilation?

2013-09-21 Thread ~flow
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Re: [nodejs] Re: NodeJS unstable: unable to npm-install modules that need compilation?

2013-09-21 Thread Ben Noordhuis
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 7:22 PM, ~flow wrote: > so the failure to compile is not inherent to an unstable node distro, it's > just a (rather pervasive) accident of the API that a given module happens to > use, right? > > this seems to imply that many unmaintained modules will not be available in >

[nodejs] Re: NodeJS unstable: unable to npm-install modules that need compilation?

2013-09-21 Thread ~flow
so the failure to compile is not inherent to an unstable node distro, it's just a (rather pervasive) accident of the API that a given module happens to use, right? this seems to imply that many unmaintained modules will not be available in 0.12 unless fixes get published. is there any guide h

[nodejs] Re: NodeJS unstable: unable to npm-install modules that need compilation?

2013-09-21 Thread mscdex
On Saturday, September 21, 2013 12:22:50 PM UTC-4, ~flow wrote: > > is there a general reason this must be so? is there any trick / patch / > configuration i can apply to remedy the situation? if a given module does > compile on NodeJS 0.10.x, but fails on 0.11.x, should i expect it to > compile