[COUCHDB-1643] Switch to V8

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: JavaScript View Server
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jan Lehnardt
• Created: 12/Jan/13 18:14
• Updated: 02/Sep/18 06:41
• Resolved: 02/Sep/18 06:41

Description

I’d like to propose that we switch to the V8 JavaScript engine to mitigate the various issues we have with SpiderMonkey.

This ticket acts as the meta-issue where we can discuss whether we all agree and what needs doing. individual tasks then can get their own tickets.