Re: Potential removal of unmaintained node-openzwave-shared

[Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org>]

Hi,

"Philip McGrath" <philip@philipmcgrath.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023, at 8:08 AM, Jelle Licht wrote:
>> Hey guix,
>>
>> In getting `Node.js' updated to a more recent LTS version[0], I found
>> out that node-openzwave-shared no longer builds with modern versions of
>> node [1]; random people on the Internet seem to indicate that
>> the hip new thing is Z-Wave JS [2].
>>
>> Long story short, what is our de facto policy here?
>>
>> 1) Keep around a copy of Node 14 and all node-openzwave-shared deps,
>>    even after the End Of Life of 2023-04-30
>> 2) Remove node-openzwave-shared, and move to Node 18 whenever possible
>>    without this package.
>> 3) Patch node-openzwave-shared' so it builds with newer versions of
>>    Node, and move to Node 18.
>> 4) Remove node-openzwave-shared, move to Node 18, package the relevant
>>    parts of Z-Wave JS.
>>
>> I don't have the time nor means for anything but option 2) myself, so if
>> consensus deems any of the other options a better way forward,
>> volunteers are invited to apply :-)
>>
>> [0]: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59188
>> [1]: https://github.com/OpenZWave/node-openzwave-shared/issues/398
>> [2]: https://github.com/zwave-js?type=source
>
> I added this package, so I have some interest in trying options 3 or 4, but I don't think this should block Node 18 in any case.
>
> Is there a log message for the build failure somewhere? I don't see any details at [2], and I'm a bit surprised by the failure.

I've played around with it, and was able to get it to compile (and pass
tests?) in v6 of the node patch series:

https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59188#83

Could you see if that works for your workflows?

Thanks!
- Jelle