<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I’m the maintainer of meta-nodejs layer. The layer offers latest Node.js versions (current, LTS and end-of-life). As a member of Node.js core collaborator team, I’ve picked up the task of maintaining up-to-date Node.js offering for OE. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In addition to Node.js core packages the layer offers oe_runnpm command (from npm-base class) that allows running 100% standard npm with added capability to safely cross-compile native components on build host.</div><div class="">This command is analogous to oe_runmake from base class in OE core.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This design allows building static, immutable, OE-proper packages for Node.js based applications while still using standard npm installation process on the build host. This is where OE core npm class differs the most by-design.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">meta-nodejs has chosen not to promote non-standard use of npm utility, npm repository or npm installation process. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">However, as Michael Davis pointed out we can merge his patch allowing co-existence of both methods to meta-nodejs layer. I expect this to happen within few days if all goes well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Trevor Woerner <<a href="mailto:twoerner@gmail.com" class="">twoerner@gmail.com</a>> kirjoitti 26.4.2017 kello 22.28:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Ideally we'd either merge all/most of</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/layer/meta-nodejs/" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">https://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/layer/meta-nodejs/</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">into oecore, or remove what's in oecore and tell people to use the external</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">layer. Why does oe-core have some, but not all, node support?</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>