From f32f1e2b073b8b2fc2cea7545a661436bfa2efb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hugh Willson Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 10:23:00 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about possible package incompatibilty with 1.5 (#9314) --- History.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/History.md b/History.md index c20b20a298..3abc1e2f30 100644 --- a/History.md +++ b/History.md @@ -19,6 +19,26 @@ ## v1.6, 2017-10-30 +* **Important note for package maintainers:** + + With the jump to Node 8, some packages published using Meteor 1.6 may no + longer be compatible with older Meteor versions. In order to maintain + compatibility with Meteor 1.5 apps when publishing your package, you can + specify a release version with the meteor publish command: + + ``` + meteor --release 1.5.3 publish + ``` + + If you're interested in taking advantage of Meteor 1.6 while still + supporting older Meteor versions, you can consider publishing for Meteor + 1.6 from a new branch, with your package's minor or major version bumped. + You can then continue to publish for Meteor 1.5 from the original branch. + Note that the 1.6 branch version bump is important so that you can continue + publishing patch updates for Meteor 1.5 from the original branch. + + [Issue #9308](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues/9308) + * Node.js has been upgraded to version 8.8.1, which will be entering long-term support (LTS) coverage on 31 October 2017, lasting through December 2019 ([full schedule](https://github.com/nodejs/Release#nodejs-release-working-group)).