[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#840207: dependency formats are not converted

[Pirate Praveen]

package: npm2deb
version: 0.2.5-1
severity: grave
justification: it breaks build

^1.1.0 and similar should be converted to debian format like >= 1.1.0

dpkg-gencontrol: warning: can't parse dependency node-jju (^1.1.0)
dpkg-gencontrol: error: error occurred while parsing Depends field:

, nodejs
, node-jju (^1.1.0)


Sample package is json-parse-helpfulerror

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