fix install: add iojs support

[coderaiser]

Add iojs support: when version >=1.0.0 download dist from url https://iojs.org.

gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: 404 response downloading https://nodejs.org/dist/v2.4.0/node-v2.4.0.tar.gz
gyp ERR! stack     at Request.<anonymous> (/home/coderaiser/.nvm/versions/io.js/v2.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/install.js:251:14)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitOne (events.js:82:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at Request.emit (events.js:169:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Request.onRequestResponse (/home/coderaiser/.nvm/versions/io.js/v2.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/request.js:985:10)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitOne (events.js:77:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:169:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at HTTPParser.parserOnIncomingClient (_http_client.js:415:21)
gyp ERR! stack     at HTTPParser.parserOnHeadersComplete (_http_common.js:88:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at TLSSocket.socketOnData (_http_client.js:305:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitOne (events.js:77:13)

[gabeio]

👍 though also fixed in #564 ...

[iamstarkov]

I think node-gyp is broken also with iojs@3.0, @gabeio @coderaiser can you take a look here paulmillr/chokidar#329?

[gabeio]

@iamstarkov I am having build issues with iojs 3 also... but sidenote you may be able to build it with 2.5.0 or lower and still use the package in 3.0.0 nevermind you can't 😢

[camsong]

This may not reliable if NodeJS released v1.0.0 someday, I prefer process.release.node === 'io.js'.

[Fishrock123]

"Node.js" 1.0.0 will never be released. As a TSC member, I can authoritatively say that. :)

Also, io.js is node.js now: https://github.com/nodejs/node

However, version detection still isn't a great way of doing things, though it could for for io.js 1.0.0> <3.0.0. As @camsong said, what we really should be doing now is detecting 3.0.0's process.release :)

[justinmchase]

As a workaround, you can build against electron and end up with binaries that also load into vanilla iojs:

$ npm install electron-prebuilt -g
$ npm install electron-updater-tools -g
$ elb configure 

The last command runs a script in the electron-updater-tools project that uses a --dist-url for electron that is compatible with node-gyp. It uses a delay load hack to make the binaries compatible with electron and iojs/node.

I ideally this would be fixed in node-gyp directly. Also related to this PR: #653

[rgbkrk]

Nice @justinmchase!

[TooTallNate]

Superseded by #711.