[zeromq-dev] zmq prebuilt for node

Discussion:

Kyle Kelley

2016-02-04 04:01:16 UTC

Hey all,

I'm interested in creating prebuilt versions of zmq for node available. I
know that Pieter has started the more long term approach to supporting
node.js well with support in zproject:

https://github.com/zeromq/zproject/pull/484

as well as in czmq:

https://github.com/zeromq/czmq/pull/1319

In the meantime, I'd like to plug away on some of the prebuilt setup for
the current node bindings (https://github.com/JustinTulloss/zeromq.node),
as a standalone project (called e.g. node-zmq-prebuilt, zmq-prebuilt on
npm). This would mostly be dotting i's and crossing t's on appveyor +
Travis configuration, as well as finishing off what I worked on in
https://github.com/JustinTulloss/zeromq.node/pull/486

Would this be a good project to startup within zeromq, or should I build it
out on a different org for now?

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Pieter Hintjens

2016-02-04 05:55:45 UTC

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The process is to start the project outside the ZeroMQ org and then
bring it in as a kind of sacrificial offering, which gets you admin
karma. This also avoids rashes of new projects that don't go anywhere.

Post by Kyle Kelley
Hey all,
I'm interested in creating prebuilt versions of zmq for node available. I
know that Pieter has started the more long term approach to supporting
https://github.com/zeromq/zproject/pull/484
https://github.com/zeromq/czmq/pull/1319
In the meantime, I'd like to plug away on some of the prebuilt setup for the
current node bindings (https://github.com/JustinTulloss/zeromq.node), as a
standalone project (called e.g. node-zmq-prebuilt, zmq-prebuilt on npm).
This would mostly be dotting i's and crossing t's on appveyor + Travis
configuration, as well as finishing off what I worked on in
https://github.com/JustinTulloss/zeromq.node/pull/486
Would this be a good project to startup within zeromq, or should I build it
out on a different org for now?
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Kyle Kelley

2016-02-04 07:12:59 UTC

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Ok, cool. Thanks for letting me know.

In order to use this with prebuild (https://github.com/mafintosh/prebuild),
I opted to do a GitHub fork of zmq.node here:

https://github.com/nteract/zmq-prebuilt

I've got initial builds working on Windows and Linux while rather amused
that I haven't been able to get OS X building (since that's what my dev box
is)

Post by Pieter Hintjens
The process is to start the project outside the ZeroMQ org and then
bring it in as a kind of sacrificial offering, which gets you admin
karma. This also avoids rashes of new projects that don't go anywhere.

the

Post by Kyle Kelley
current node bindings (https://github.com/JustinTulloss/zeromq.node),

as a

Post by Kyle Kelley
standalone project (called e.g. node-zmq-prebuilt, zmq-prebuilt on npm).
This would mostly be dotting i's and crossing t's on appveyor + Travis
configuration, as well as finishing off what I worked on in
https://github.com/JustinTulloss/zeromq.node/pull/486
Would this be a good project to startup within zeromq, or should I build

Post by Kyle Kelley
out on a different org for now?
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Pieter Hintjens

2016-02-04 08:59:04 UTC

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I've two questions:

- How does prebuild differ from node-pre-gyp?

- How do you make an "official" package so that npm knows where to find it?

I'd probably aim at making this the official zmq package eventually,
and bring it into the zeromq organization.

Post by Kyle Kelley
Ok, cool. Thanks for letting me know.
In order to use this with prebuild (https://github.com/mafintosh/prebuild),
https://github.com/nteract/zmq-prebuilt
I've got initial builds working on Windows and Linux while rather amused
that I haven't been able to get OS X building (since that's what my dev box
is)

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Kyle Kelley

2016-02-04 16:12:50 UTC

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Post by Pieter Hintjens
How does prebuild differ from node-pre-gyp?

prebuild lets you upload to GitHub for releases whereas node-pre-gyp
expects you to push releases to S3. It appears that the builds from
prebuild are compatible with node-pre-gyp (
https://github.com/mafintosh/prebuild#building). I'm still learning about
how to work with native node packages, I'm no expert here.

Post by Pieter Hintjens
How do you make an "official" package so that npm knows where to find it?

Once you have an npm account and have run `npm login`, from a base package
(where you've defined a package.json), you can run `npm publish` and it
will push it to the registry. That's a little light on details, this
article is a better intro:
https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/publishing-npm-packages

Thus far I've only published dummies with zmq-prebuilt.

Post by Pieter Hintjens
- How does prebuild differ from node-pre-gyp?
- How do you make an "official" package so that npm knows where to find it?
I'd probably aim at making this the official zmq package eventually,
and bring it into the zeromq organization.

Post by Kyle Kelley
Ok, cool. Thanks for letting me know.
In order to use this with prebuild (

https://github.com/mafintosh/prebuild),

Post by Kyle Kelley
https://github.com/nteract/zmq-prebuilt
I've got initial builds working on Windows and Linux while rather amused
that I haven't been able to get OS X building (since that's what my dev

box

Post by Kyle Kelley
is)

Post by Kyle Kelley
Hey all,
I'm interested in creating prebuilt versions of zmq for node

available.