V8 updates bring incompatible changes to the V8 API, and many node extensions written in C++ need to be updated. Hence the decision to stick with an old V8, ev

V8 updates bring incompatible changes to the V8 API, and many node extensions written in C++ need to be updated. Hence the decision to stick with an old V8, even though it's no longer maintained by Google. There is a compatibility layer to assist with making these modules work across different V8 versions: https://github.com/rvagg/nan https://github.com/rvagg/nan