nodejs / nodejs/package-maintenance
Suggestion: Promote use of N-API for native addons
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
stale?
- Dominant language
- No language data
- Stars
- 423
- Forks
- 147
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
In light of https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22754#issuecomment-425072975 we may want to reach out to native addon maintainers to remind them of the benefits of porting their addon to N-API. We at @nodejs/n-api can support their efforts.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked Node.js pull request comment and the N-API context in this issue. Coordinate with @nodejs/n-api to determine which native addon maintainers should be contacted and what outreach is needed; done means an agreed outreach plan or completed contact effort.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- node.js
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100