Hexo 5.0.0 Roadmap

[SukkaW]

Node.js 8 will meets EOL in about a week: https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/

We will soon begin to prepare for next major version of Hexo. It is also a chance to bring more Breaking Changes and new features. Hopefully we could finish this before Node.js 10 starts its Maintenance LTS (2020-04-01).

cc @hexojs/core

[SukkaW]

• Drop Node.js 8 and Require Node.js >= 10 Drop NodeJs 8 support & Require NodeJs >= 10 #3818
• Using async / await [feature request] Consideration of using async / await #3328

For performance matters, we should address this only after Node.js 8 is dropped.

• Bring up PrismJS as an alternative to Highlight.js Highlight.js is slow #1036 Feature request: support other syntax highlight libraries #4010
• Drop lodash from Locals.prototype Replace lodash with native API #3753 (comment), refactor: remove lodash from global variable #4266
• Installing theme through npm Feature Request: Install theme through npm install #2471 The proposal of installing theme through npm #3890
• Remove some helpers No longer valid
  • favicon_tag.js
  • feed_tag.js
  • mail_to.js
• updated_options feat: 'optional_updated' option #3887, feat: bring up config.updated_option #4278
• reconsider hexo post title fallback if post.title is empty, set it to post.slug #3672 (comment)
• merge config.theme_config into theme.config after ctx.theme loads (feat(load_theme_config): support alternate theme config #4120 (comment), refactor(hexo): merge theme_config before generation #4360)

[curbengh]

Remove some helpers

Any reason behind the removal? I know favicon_tag is impractical due to lack of modern standard among browsers.

[SukkaW]

@curbengh

For favicon_tag & mail_to, add <link rel="shortcut icon" href="<% url_for('favicon.ico') %>"> and <a href="mailto:">Email</a> will be efficient enough.

And feed_tag should be integrated in hexo-generator-feed: hexojs/hexo-generator-feed#120

[noraj]

the {{ nunjunks interpretation problem is a real pain when you try to write technical content, please see #3259, it is so essential to be part of 5.0.0

[noraj]

The page tags support is a problem since 2015, so making it happen for 5.0.0 seems like the right time #1067 (comment)

[curbengh]

Please limit the discussion to incoming breaking changes. I've pinned those issues in #2492. If someone can figure out, the fixes can even be part of minor/patch release.

[stevenjoezhang]

Many features planned to be added to version 5.0 are difficult to complete in a short time. Maybe a new minor version (e.g. 4.3.0) is needed before this to solve Node.js 14 compatibility issues.

Update: v4.2.1 released https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/tag/4.2.1

[fudanglp]

swig project is inactive and security related issue will not be addressed.
any plan to remove it?

[SukkaW]

@fudanglp Swig is already removed by @oncletom in previous commits and will be included in hexo@5.