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As someone who tries as hard as they can to avoid project politics and the like: is this the new Node.js? By which I mean I know it isn't the Node project, but where is most of the mindshare these days? Is io.js a small offshoot or has it taken most of the Node devs with it? Or is it the same code just with a more aggressive release schedule?

Also, when do we go back to one executable already?

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If we're lucky this will turn into the 'unstable branch' with new features and things which is periodically folded back into the 'stable' node.js platform.

...but if node wont play ball, it'll become 'the new node', yes.

(there's a lot of backstory to this, which you can read about here: http://blog.izs.me/post/104685388058/io-js)

> "npm" does not stand for Node Package Manager. It is officially an abbreviation for “npm is not an acronym”. We do enjoy novel pun-making though.

I couldn't resist: https://github.com/npm/npm-expansions/pull/245/files

I think it is probably too soon to answer that question since this is the first release available for devs to start playing around with.

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