nng 1.6.0 - prerelease dependency

[nviets]

Thanks for updating nanonext's build because it made it easier to build with a system nng. Why was it necessary to use a prerelease, instead of 1.5.2?

[shikokuchuo]

nanonext takes advantage of the following commit in upstream NNG (nanomsg/nng@722bf46), which was designed to make it much easier to query completion status of an aio (and helps make our treatment of aios both fast and intuitive). The pre-release status does not necessarily mean it is less stable, the author just hasn't decided to make the next release yet.

[shikokuchuo]

Hi @nviets unfortunately there is still work to be done in the alpha NNG library version, hence the next release may take some more time. However, I have taken the step to make nanonext back compatible with existing NNG releases >= 1.5 (see the discussion at #10). The current dev version is already compatible, as will the next CRAN version.

[shikokuchuo]

Hi @nviets just giving you a headsup - NNG 1.6.0 has finally been released!

[nviets]

Exciting news! Already have a PR open in nixpkgs: NixOS/nixpkgs#270351. Will nanonext from CRAN work with this release?

[shikokuchuo]

Fantastic! It will definitely work - in fact some of G D'Amore's final commits pre-release save nanonext some workarounds making the code more efficient. I've already updated nanonext to bundle the updated source for those without system libs.

[nviets]

Thanks for keeping me posted. Have a look at the nixpkgs project sometime. It pairs naturally with the targets/crew/nanonext infrastructure you have led to scale reproducible on HPC infrastructure (which happens to be my use case). We've been clustermq addicts for years, which is why we're so excited to see what you've done with nng!