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nodejs-latest-linker
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nodejs-latest-linker
An application to create latest-X symlinks at https://nodejs.org/download/release/ after each new release
nodejs-latest-linker
An application to create latest-X symlinks at https://nodejs.org/download/release/ after each new release
Also works for iojs.org.
Symlinks created by nodejs-latest-linker when run are:
- latest-v0.10.x and latest-v0.12.x: special cases for old branches, pointing to the latest release on each line
- latest-v_X_.x (e.g. latest-v6.x: where X is a semver-major version starting at 4 for Node.js (1 for io.js), pointing to the latest release on each line
- latest-ltsname (e.g. latest-boron: where ltsname is the LTS codename, e.g. "argon" or "boron", pointing to the latest release on each LTS line
- latest: pointing to the release with the highest semver, any line
- node-latest.tar.gz: pointing to the source tarball of the release with the highest semver, any line, exists for legacy reasons
The same directory symlinks are also created for API docs, here: https://nodejs.org/download/docs/
Usage
$ nodejs-latest-linker.js <downloads directory> [docs directory]
Managed under the governance of the Node.js Build Working Group.
Copyright (c) 2016 Node.js Foundation. All rights reserved.
Licensed under MIT, see the LICENSE.md file for details
FAQs
An application to create latest-X symlinks at https://nodejs.org/download/release/ after each new release
The npm package nodejs-latest-linker receives a total of 42 weekly downloads. As such, nodejs-latest-linker popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that nodejs-latest-linker demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 29 Oct 2024
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