Support for newer versions of nodejs (4.0.0)

[danieldiekmeier]

Yesterday, nodejs released the first "stable" version, which is 4.0.0. But when I try running Ghost with it, it tells me I need to use at most 0.12.7.

ERROR: Unsupported version of Node
Ghost needs Node version ~0.10.0 || ~0.12.0 you are using version 3.3.0

What is your plan for supporting future versions?

Also: Can I circumvent this restriction? Running it locally would suffice, on my server I only have 0.12.7.

[andrewsomething]

Among the dependencies, node-sqlite3 will need to make a new release with support for 4.0.0 (See: TryGhost/node-sqlite3#495).

[ErisDS]

Currently, Ghost does not work with Node 4.0.0, as some of our dependencies are not yet ready (including the mentioned node-sqlite3 module).

We will update our dependencies as and when they become compatible and once we reach full compatibility will update our build process to & restrictions include Node 4.0.0 support.

Once Ghost is able to support 4.0.0, we will need to do a release - that release will be clearly marked as including support.

You can circumvent the restrictions on node versions in the meantime, but if you do - it'll be up to you to manage getting Ghost to work on the version you choose, which may not even be possible ;)

[springmeyer]

Working on getting a node-sqlite3 release out today.

[springmeyer]

node-sqlite3 v3.1.0 is now out with io.js 3.x and node 4.x support.

[springmeyer]

One heads up: this node-sqlite3 release does not provide linux 32 bit binaries because I ran out of time getting them working. They have been hard to keep working (the binary building) - so I'm interested if the ghost team thinks they are still useful and I'll try to get them working again /cc @ErisDS

[ErisDS]

@springmeyer do you know if they get downloaded often? That might be the best stat available. Alternatively, see how it goes without them and if either project gets inundated with support then they can be considered still needed?

Also, is there something we can do to help?

[pensierinmusica]

Can you please update package.json to include "sqlite3": "^3.1.0"?

Thanks!

[cwonrails]

@pensierinmusica +1 - been running Ghost 0.70 on node 4.0.0 with "sqlite3": "3.1.0" in package.json.

[cwonrails]

Running in prod now, it's fine with the sqlite update.

[pensierinmusica]

@cwonrails have you tried most of the functionality (e.g. posting new articles, managing tags, creating users, tweaking options, etc.) and it doesn't give you any bug?

If so, I'd be up to switch too :)

@ErisDS hi, does ghost now support nodejs v4.0.0? because package.json says otherwise?

[cwonrails]

@pensierinmusica I swapped back for reasons other than functionality failures (my one click DigitalOcean install was/is acting up after trying to manually update node, and I don't want to edit the upstart scripts), but for my local dev environment everything was all good.