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Subject: Re: [node-dev] node-app: A new node wrapper binary for cluster and such?
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On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Aikar <ai...@aikar.co> wrote:
> Per:=C2=A0https://github.com/joyent/node/pull/1879#issuecomment-2424882
> Some concerns have been raised about the new cluster functionality built
> into core.
> I personally feel this kind of functionality should be special outside of
> the node-core binary, but still be part of the node package.
> I propose a node-app (or similar named) binary, that wraps node and provi=
des
> the extra functionality such as cluster, and leaving room for future
> expansion into configuring "apps" of node instead of libraries, before we=
 go
> down the road of node --foo --bar --baz --cluster-main myApp.js
> --cluster-workers worker.js
> I propose we continue to expand on package.json, and have a binary you pa=
ss
> a config file to to load.
> For example:
> ./myapp
>
> #!/usr/bin/env node-app
> {
> =C2=A0 "name": "myapp"
> =C2=A0=C2=A0"app": {
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0"main": "cluster",
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0"cluster": {
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0"master": "app/master.js",
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0"workers": {
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0"app/workers/worker1.js":=
 "",
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0"app/workers/worker2.js":=
 "1"
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0}
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0}
> =C2=A0=C2=A0}
> }
>
> Under this idea, node binary would continue to serve as a single VM, and =
the
> node-app binary would be where all "core approved" magic would live.
> What do you guys think?


No. We're going for simplicity.