Re: [DISCUSS] Node.js runtime support

[Jorge Bay Gondra <jo...@gmail.com>]

Glad to hear that we are in agreement, I've created a ticket for 3.5:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TINKERPOP-2335

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 12:46 PM Stephen Mallette <sp...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think this approach makes sense - it fits with our model of keeping major
> breaking changes on the y of x.y.z so if we want to being to drop support
> for runtimes or upgrade a runtime, a release like 3.5.0 would be the time
> to do it. Note that 3.5.0 already notes the demise of support for Python
> 2.x. So glad that's gone. I think we should generally try to avoid support
> for multiple runtimes if we can...that Python 2.x + 3.x support all these
> years has been a pain.
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 10:00 AM Florian Hockmann <fh...@florian-hockmann.de>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have also thought about this aspect recently since I wanted to drop
> > support for .NET Standard version < 2 for Gremlin.Net for 3.5.0. That
> would
> > be in line with your suggestion if I understand it correctly as the
> current
> > recommendation from Microsoft is to only support .NET Standard 2.
> > I am definitely in favour of your suggestion. Users who want to stay on
> an
> > older runtime version, can stay on a lower TinkerPop version which we
> > usually support for another year or so. That should be enough time to
> > update.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Florian
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Jorge Bay Gondra <jo...@gmail.com>
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. Januar 2020 15:28
> > An: dev@tinkerpop.apache.org
> > Betreff: [DISCUSS] Node.js runtime support
> >
> > Hi,
> > I wanted to formalize some kind of policy regarding Node.js runtime
> > support. This may apply to other runtimes (I imagine C#).
> >
> > I propose that when a new minor version of TinkerPop is released, the
> > runtime supported for that new branch would be the active LTS <
> > https://github.com/nodejs/Release> at the time. Those runtime versions
> > will be supported for the lifetime of the branch.
> >
> > For example, if we release 3.5.0 tomorrow, the JavaScript GLV will
> support
> > Node.js 10+, future patch releases of 3.5 will continue supporting the
> same
> > runtimes.
> >
> > Note that within the TinkerPop project minors versions act like majors in
> > semver <
> >
> https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/blob/master/docs/src/dev/developer/contributing.asciidoc#versioning
> > >
> > .
> >
> > Jorge
> >
> >
>