diff --git a/meetings/2024-03-20.md b/meetings/2024-03-20.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d4663227 --- /dev/null +++ b/meetings/2024-03-20.md @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +# Node.js Technical Steering Committee (TSC) Meeting 2024-03-20 + +## Links + +* **Recording**: +* **GitHub Issue**: + +## Present + +* Ruben Bridgewater @BridgeAR (voting member) +* Geoffrey Booth @GeoffreyBooth (voting member) +* Joyee Cheung @joyeecheung (voting member) +* Chengzhong Wu @legendecas (voting member) +* Matteo Collina @mcollina (voting member) +* Michael Dawson @mhdawson (voting member) +* Rafael Gonzaga @RafaelGSS (voting member) +* Richard Lau @richardlau (voting member) +* Robert Nagy @ronag (voting member) +* Ruy Adorno @ruyadorno (voting member) +* Paolo Insogna @ShogunPanda (voting member) +* Myles Borins @MylesBorins (regular member) + +## Agenda + +### Announcements + +* Matteo, have people sign up for the collaborator summit. If not and planning to attend please + do. Only needed for in person. + +### CPC and Board Meeting Updates + +* Extracted from **tsc-agenda** labeled issues and pull requests from the **nodejs org** prior to the meeting. + +* Matteo - interesting news, going to align the community Directors seats and a few others so + they are elected at the same time. Matteo that means my term is over and there will be an + Election. Plan to run again. + +### nodejs/node + +* doc: add policy for “placeholder” executables [#52107](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/52107) + * covered under discussion for - Corepack + decisions [#1518](https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/1518) + +* deps: remove corepack [#51981](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/51981) + * deferred discussion to focus on - Corepack decisions [#1518](https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/1518) + +* build: enable `yarn` and `pnpm` Corepack binaries by default #51886 + * deferred discussion to focus on - Corepack decisions [#1518](https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/1518) + +### nodejs/nodejs.org + +* Redesign suggests all versions of Node.js include corepack [#6441](https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/issues/6441) + +* globally installing npm should not be the recommended way for Mac and Linux [#6361](https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/issues/6361) + * Matteo opened this - goes back in history, if you install in Mac, and Linux because it requires + sudo. If you use nvm to manage versions, it does not work very well. + * Geoffrey, package maintenance team is starting to discuss this approach, should this be + kicked over to that team ? Matteo, website is the issue in terms of what it recommends. + * Michael, clarify do you mean npm or node globally. Matteo, both. + * Myles, past discussion of creating a new/better installer which stalled out. Existing installers + are a challenge. + * Michael, sounds like we should kick over to the package maintenance team + * Matteo we should do something in the short term and in the long term + * Should really not be following recommendations for Mac, + * Paolo other ways to install like brew as well, challenge is that we don’t manage many of the + tools which is a complication in recommending. Ask npm if they can change paths used for + global models + * Michael will transfer issue to package-maint team + +### nodejs/TSC + +* Corepack decisions [#1518](https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/1518) + * discussed and agreed that next step is to focus on - + , we will reserve most of next week’s meeting to + discuss. People please start discussion in the next week so we have as much basis as + possible to start the discussion. + +* CPC representatives [#1504](https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/1504) + * open PR for switch Michael will close + +### nodejs/admin + +* Events / Collaborator Summits for 2024 [#814](https://github.com/nodejs/admin/issues/814) + * Matteo, please register + +### nodejs/corepack + +* fix: remove npm [#418](https://github.com/nodejs/corepack/pull/418) + * deferred discussion to focus on - Corepack decisions [#1518](https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/1518) + +* Questions we agreed last week to try to move forward + * There is no intention to remove npm - (no objections from 13 TSC members in call) + * PR landed to document that there is no intension to remove npm + + * Will Node.js install links that enable binaries, scripts, etc. outside of Node.js - + > + * More discussion this week - as part of - Corepack + decisions [#1518](https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/1518) + * Should the existing PR be blocked on the asks for more design, plans, discussion, and the + npm `devEngines` work + * some progress in terms of agreeing we don’t need to rush the decision for Node.js 22. + +## Strategic Initiatives + +* Startup snapshot: landed patches in V8 to make snapshot context data reproducible. Working on backporting that + patches in Node.js to make the snapshot reproducible. + +## Upcoming Meetings + +* **Node.js Project Calendar**: + +Click `+GoogleCalendar` at the bottom right to add to your own Google calendar.