Last Week in Node.js Working Groups - June 26th
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We had a ton of activity from the Node.js WGs and the overall Node.js Org last week. In addition to four live meetings, we saw issues and PRs from both technical and non-technical groups like llnode, the Node.js Collection team, the Build WG and more.
News from the Working Groups
- A WIP PR was submitted to the llnode repo adding an npm script to improve ease of use for llnode and open it up to a wider range of developers.
- The Evangelism WG is in the process of moving from being under the CTC to under the Community Committee.
- A PR was created to add guidelines for coordinating efforts between Individual Membership Directors and the Community Committee.
- An issue was kicked off in the Build WG discussing the possibility of creating a CI pipeline for llnode, aiming to improve testing to prevent small, platform-specific issues.
- The new Node.js Collection Team has now landed their README.md and is beginning work on getting more technical editors for the Node.js Collection Medium Publication.
- A PR was submitted to update the Node.js Foundation Board Bylaws .
- A discussion around creating a policy for who is an owner of the Node.js GitHub Org was opened in the TSC.
- A PR was submitted to add social meta tags to nodejs.org, enabling prettier embeds on sites that enable rich embeds with OpenGraph and Twitter Cards metadata.
- The Docker WG has an open PR for Node.js 8.1.3 on Docker.
- A PR was submitted to the Security repo adding a machine-readable list of security vulnerability reports in JSON, with tooling to keep the machine-readable list updated
- Discussion around frameworks and tooling for the Node.js Installer was kicked off and is looking for input and feedback
Project Releases
- Node.js ChakraCore
- [node-chakracore-8.1.2-pre2(https://github.com/nodejs/node-chakracore/releases/tag/node-chakracore-8.1.2-pre2)
- readable-stream