Prebuilts fo more targets

[pi0]

This is an amazing library!! I am wondering are you open to public more prebuilt binaries? (i see currently only darwin-arm64 is published at 0.4.14 and it is way smaller than published build deps 400kb vs 7.6MB!)

Publishing prebuilts can remove lots of deployment and bundling pains for end users.

[mertcanaltin]

thanks! you're right, only darwin-arm64 prebuild was shipped in 0.4.14. the CI builds prebuilds for all platforms but the
artifact merge had an issue.

just fixed it and added windows support. next release will ship prebuilds for:

linux-x64
linux-arm64
darwin-x64
darwin-arm64
win32-x64

install should go from 7.6MB to ~400KB with no native build step needed, this is awesome suggestion!, thanks again!

[pi0]

Amazing!! Just to be safe could we add alpine too? (not sure if linux bins currently depend on glibc or not)

[pi0]

Also just as a suggestion, zig could be used to cross compile (uses clang internally) I use it for md4x and zigpty but is usually way faster and it can cross compile everything from same host (linux or macos)

[mertcanaltin]

will check if the current linux builds link against glibc dynamically. if so, we need a musl build too.
zig for cross-compilation is a great idea, will look into it. being able to build everything from one host would simplify the CI a lot.
thanks for the suggestions, really helpful. ❤️

[mertcanaltin]

https://github.com/ata-core/ata-validator/releases/tag/v0.4.15 🚀

[pi0]

So fast 🥇 Can't wait to try ata-validator soon!

[mertcanaltin]

Thank you very much for your contribution and comments, please don't hesitate to contribute. ❤️

[mertcanaltin]

v0.4.15 is published with prebuilt binaries for linux-x64, linux-arm64, darwin-x64, and darwin-arm64. install size should be much smaller now.

alpine/musl support is next, will look into zig cross-compilation as you suggested.

[mertcanaltin]

Hey @pi0 I Added Alpine/musl prebuild support to the CI pipeline. Next release will include musl builds for both x64 and arm64.

[infrahead]

Linux prebuilds in 0.73 went away when I upgraded to 0.80? And Bun doesn't run install scripts by default. I also don't see Windows prebuilds despite seeing some mention in release notes. I guess I'm wondering if there is an officially supported/expected list or not yet, since under very active development? This library is so promising!

[SukeshP1995]

Linux prebuilds in 0.73 went away when I upgraded to 0.80? And Bun doesn't run install scripts by default. I also don't see Windows prebuilds despite seeing some mention in release notes. I guess I'm wondering if there is an officially supported/expected list or not yet, since under very active development? This library is so promising!

Hi regarding windows-rebuilds, what is the exact issue you are experiencing? Did you try with only bun or you are facing windows prebuilt issue in nodes itself?

[infrahead]

My apologies, I realize I wasn't very clear. What I'm experiencing specifically is that for both npm install or bun install on Windows or Linux (as of 0.8) the only two dirs under node_modules/ata-validator/prebuilds are ata-darwin-arm64 and darwin-arm64, whereas before there were also linux-arm64 and linux-x64 with .node addons. I see neither, nor the newly mentioned Windows prebuild

[mertcanaltin]

Hey, sorry for the hassle, you're right, 0.8 and 0.9.x on npm only shipped the darwin-arm64 prebuild.
The musl CI job was failing since 0.9.0 and that blocks the publish workflow, so recent releases got pushed manually from a mac and only picked up the local prebuild.

Fixed the CI and cut 0.9.3 with the full matrix: linux x64/arm64 (glibc + musl), darwin x64/arm64, win32 x64. Give it a try once the release job finishes, and let me know if anything is still missing on your side.

For Bun specifically, since it skips install scripts by default, prebuilds are the right path anyway, so this should just work now.

[infrahead]

Ah, fantastic! I can confirm this is working as expected with 0.9.3.

Furthermore, I wanted to give kudos for how you are handling prebuilds. Having all native binaries in a single npm package (at least when small file size) is the best DX, especially for those of us that cross-compile. Everything just works without extra build scripts to get optional dependencies for other platforms.

[mertcanaltin]

Glad it's working! And thanks, single-package prebuilds were a deliberate call for exactly that reason.

When the binaries are small enough, the optional-deps split adds more friction than it saves, especially for cross-compile and lockfile-heavy setups.

Appreciate the kind words.