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author | Rod Vagg <rod@vagg.org> | 2018-11-06 05:40:03 +0300 |
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committer | Rod Vagg <rod@vagg.org> | 2019-04-17 13:28:04 +0300 |
commit | c61c722c8cbaa548bf0342bb1bd13ed64474faeb (patch) | |
tree | 7bc5acc16c4b6d6ac92d666fe946099ceb410552 /src/node_version.h | |
parent | cdba9f23ec301f834ac686df7e6adcc3ecf59db6 (diff) |
doc: add ABI version registry
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/24114
Refs: https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/
Refs: https://github.com/lgeiger/node-abi/blob/master/index.js
Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/621
Reviewed-By: Michaƫl Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ujjwal Sharma <usharma1998@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Ali Ijaz Sheikh <ofrobots@google.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/node_version.h')
-rw-r--r-- | src/node_version.h | 46 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h index 349d73d18de..742ea6e62ec 100644 --- a/src/node_version.h +++ b/src/node_version.h @@ -75,47 +75,19 @@ * Node.js will refuse to load modules that weren't compiled against its own * module ABI number, exposed as the process.versions.modules property. * - * When this version number is changed, node.js will refuse - * to load older modules. This should be done whenever - * an API is broken in the C++ side, including in v8 or - * other dependencies. + * Node.js will refuse to load modules with a non-matching ABI version. The + * version number here should be changed whenever an ABI-incompatible API change + * is made in the C++ side, including in V8 or other dependencies. * * Node.js will not change the module version during a Major release line - * We will at times update the version of V8 shipped in the release line + * We will, at times update the version of V8 shipped in the release line * if it can be made ABI compatible with the previous version. * - * Module version by Node.js version: - * Node.js v0.10.x: 11 - * Node.js v0.12.x: 14 - * Node.js v4.x: 46 - * Node.js v5.x: 47 - * Node.js v6.x: 48 - * Node.js v7.x: 51 - * Node.js v8.x: 57 - * - * Module version by V8 ABI version: - * V8 5.4: 51 - * V8 5.5: 52 - * V8 5.6: 53 - * V8 5.7: 54 - * V8 5.8: 55 - * V8 5.9: 56 - * V8 6.0: 57 - * V8 6.1: 58 - * V8 6.2: 59 - * V8 6.3: 60 - * V8 6.4: 61 - * V8 6.5: 62 - * V8 6.6: 63 - * V8 6.7: 64 - * V8 6.8: 65 - * V8 6.9: 66 - * V8 7.0: 67 - * V8 7.1: 68 - * V8 7.3: 71 - * V8 7.4: 72 - * - * More information can be found at https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/ + * The registry of used NODE_MODULE_VERSION numbers is located at + * https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/abi_version_registry.json + * Extenders, embedders and other consumers of Node.js that require ABI + * version matching should open a pull request to reserve a number in this + * registry. */ #define NODE_MODULE_VERSION 72 |