Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. Node.js
uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and
efficient. Node.js' package ecosystem, npm, is the largest ecosystem of open
source libraries in the world.
Affects: users of USES=nodejs, www/node*, www/npm* and www/yarn*
Author: sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
The current USES=nodejs has the following issues:
- www/node is not the default version while www/node16 is.
- It also means inconsistent naming of node ports.
- www/npm duplicates with www/npm-node16.
- www/yarn duplicates with www/yarn-node16.
The notable changes are introduced to fix the above issues:
- Rewrite Mk/Uses/nodejs.mk.
- Add new LTS version of nodejs (www/node18).
- Add new current version of nodejs (www/node19).
- Change default nodejs version from 16 to 18 (latest LTS),
- Use consistent naming for all supported node versions.
- Convert www/node, www/npm and www/yarn to meta ports.
After these changes:
- All supported node versions are named as node{14,16,18,19}.
- www/node is a meta port which depends on the default version
(e.g. www/node18)
- www/npm is a meta port which depends on the default version
(e.g. www/npm-node18)
- www/yarn is a meta port which depends on the default version
(e.g. www/yarn-node18)
Reason:
The port framework was updated to use a default version for nodejs.
The default version is pointing to the latest LTS version which is
currently version 16.
You can overwrite this by defining in /etc/make.conf, e.g. version 17:
DEFAULT_VERSIONS=nodejs=17
Or if you would like to stick always to the current version use:
DEFAULT_VERSIONS=nodejs=current
If you would like to use yarn or npm together with nodejs version 17,
just install the package that is pulling the wanted dependency to nodejs:
# pkg install yarn-node17
# pkg install npm-node17
2021-10-23
Affects: users of www/node
Author: bhughes@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
The www/node port has been updated to Node.js v17.0.0, the latest
upstream release. A new port, www/node16, has been created for the
upcoming v16.x LTS branch. Users wanting to stay on v16.x can replace
www/node with www/node16 with one of the following commands:
# pkg install www/node16
or
# portmaster -o www/node16 www/node
or
# portupgrade -o www/node16 www/node
2021-04-20
Affects: users of www/node
Author: bhughes@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
The www/node port has been updated to Node.js v16.0.0, the latest
upstream release. This is a major release, including many significant
changes. Users are encouraged to read the release announcements before
upgrading:
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v16.0.0/
