FreeBSD release binaries for amd64 and arm64 possible (need it to add FreeBSD support to Bazel's rules_nodejs)?

[yesudeep]

I'm currently working on a feature addition to Bazel's rules_nodejs where we're reading https://nodejs.org/dist/index.json to fetch the different versions of nodejs binaries to build code hermetically on FreeBSD. However, while working on my PR, I've realized that there are no official binaries for FreeBSD.

Would it be possible to add these to the release process?

References:

1. PR in question that adds FreeBSD support for rules_nodejs: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/pull/2991
2. Both arm64 and amd64 are Tier 1 platforms supported by FreeBSD: https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/

[nschonni]

AFAIK, FreeBSD is still "Experimental", and only x64 https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/BUILDING.md#platform-list

[richardlau]

I'm not aware that anything has changed since https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/1791 stalled out. FreeBSD support was downgraded to experimental back in Node.js 12 (https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26714) with the main challenge being a shortage of volunteers comitted to maintaining that platform.

[knz]

FWIW, FreeBSD 13 has a port for node up to version 16.13.0. And it runs all nodejs I have ever needed.

I think the stall in https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/1791 was limited by a desire for compatibility with FreeBSD 10. I think that's not necessary. What about shipping freebsd 12/13 binaries directly?

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[knz]

I think this is still current.

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