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> Semantic versioning has been around for quite some time. I used it when I did Java and C# development; is it really that weird? Is there something about it th
by anamoulous 10y ago
> Semantic versioning has been around for quite some time. I used it when I did Java and C# development; is it really that weird? Is there something about it that's weird?
I'm talking about the various schisms that have led to this page: https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/ https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/
It's not a big deal once you familiarize yourself with what everything means, it's just a good example of some ecosystem baggage.
The ubiquity of using babel to get future language features also obscures the relevance of any one version of the runtime.
- BinaryIdiot 10y agoOh yeah io.js really, really hurt the entire ecosystem in my opinion. The versions were confusing, npm was being used as the package manager for both without a good way to target either one specifically and io.js was introducing breaking changes. It was absolute insanity.