nw - npm Package Compare versions

Comparing version 0.87.0-3-sdk to 0.87.0-4-sdk

package.json

 {
   "name": "nw",
-  "version": "0.87.0-3-sdk",
+  "version": "0.87.0-4-sdk",
   "description": "An installer for nw.js",
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ "repository": {
     "axios": "^1.6.8",
-    "commander": "^12.0.0",
-    "semver": "^7.6.1",
+    "commander": "^12.1.0",
+    "semver": "^7.6.2",
     "tar": "^7.1.0",
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ "yauzl-promise": "^4.0.0"
   "devDependencies": {
-    "selenium-webdriver": "^4.20.0",
+    "selenium-webdriver": "^4.21.0",
     "vitest": "^1.6.0"
   }
 }

README.md

@@ -69,2 +69,6 @@ # nw
 
+### Specify unref flag
+
+Set `nwjs_unref` in `.npmrc` or `NWJS_UNREF` environment variable. Default to `false`. This is useful if you're using `nw` package to call the executable and want to prevent zombie processes eating up memory.
+
 ## Usage
@@ -71,0 +75,0 @@

src/parse.js

@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ import fs from 'node:fs';
  * @property {boolean}                              ffmpeg                      If true, ffmpeg is not downloaded.
- * @property {false | "gyp"}                        nativeAddon                 Rebuild native modules
+ * @property {false | "gyp"}                        nativeAddon                   Rebuild native modules
+ * @property {boolean}                              unref                         Unref the child process and unblock the caller
  */
@@ -77,4 +78,5 @@
     options.nativeAddon = options.nativeAddon || process.env.npm_config_nwjs_native_addon || process.env.NWJS_NATIVE_ADDON || false;
+    options.unref = options.unref || process.env.npm_config_nwjs_unref || process.env.NWJS_UNREF || false;
 
     return { ...options };
 }

src/run.js

@@ -16,2 +16,3 @@ import child_process from "node:child_process";
  * @property {string}                               [cacheDir = "./cache"]  Cache directory
+ * @property {boolean}                              [unref = false]         Unref the child process and unblock the caller
  * @property {string[]}                             [args = []]             Command line arguments
@@ -36,2 +37,3 @@ */
   cacheDir = "./cache",
+  unref = false,
   args = [],
@@ -69,2 +71,6 @@ }) {
       });
+
+      if (unref) {
+        nwProcess.unref();
+      }
     });
@@ -71,0 +77,0 @@ } catch (error) {

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35456

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Lines of code

833

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Number of lines in readme file

130

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34

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Dependency changes

• Updated

  commander@^12.1.0

• Updated

  semver@^7.6.2