{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/issues/796","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/issues/796/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/issues/796/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/issues/796/events","html_url":"https://github.com/iojs/io.js/issues/796","id":57299808,"number":796,"title":"please remove `node` symlink from iojs installer","user":{"login":"sintaxi","id":867,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/867?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/sintaxi","html_url":"https://github.com/sintaxi","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sintaxi/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sintaxi/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sintaxi/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sintaxi/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sintaxi/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sintaxi/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sintaxi/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sintaxi/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sintaxi/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/labels/duplicate","name":"duplicate","color":"cccccc"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":50,"created_at":"2015-02-11T10:41:15Z","updated_at":"2015-04-28T04:31:32Z","closed_at":"2015-02-11T11:14:58Z","body":"Is there a good reason the iojs installer creates a `node` symlink? Its seems quite invasive to me and not in the spirit of being a good open source citizen so I'm hoping there is a good reason for it to be there. If not, please remove it.\r\n\r\nApart from it being inappropriate its also inconvenient as I'm sure many people want to dabble with `iojs` while maintaining their production NodeJS systems. This makes it more challenging and will create unexpected behaviour for those who do not read the installer process.\r\n\r\n![banners_and_alerts_and_install_io_js_and_downloads](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/867/6145510/598053a8-b197-11e4-922f-c1622af63efb.png)\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/issues/comments/96905969","html_url":"https://github.com/iojs/io.js/issues/796#issuecomment-96905969","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/iojs/io.js/issues/796","id":96905969,"user":{"login":"schme16","id":116081,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/116081?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/schme16","html_url":"https://github.com/schme16","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/schme16/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/schme16/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/schme16/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/schme16/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/schme16/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/schme16/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/schme16/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/schme16/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/schme16/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-28T04:31:32Z","updated_at":"2015-04-28T04:31:32Z","body":"@rvagg: I think what @n2liquid means is to replace the node binary inside the iojs directory with a binary that first checks if there is an existing node install, and only links to the iojs binary when there isn't an existing node installation (feel free to correct me @n2liquid)."}}