[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#867295: npm2deb: please automatically exclude certain files from debian/install

[Johannes Schauer]

Package: npm2deb
Version: 0.2.7-1
Severity: wishlist

Currently, npm2deb puts lots of files into debian/install including
files which definitely do not belong into /usr/lib/nodejs/*/ like:

Hidden files like .travis.yml, .gitattribute, .npmignore, .jshintrc as
well as files that clearly belong to /usr/share/doc/*/ like
changelog.md, license.md or readme.md. Also certain buildsystem specific
files could be excluded like gulpfile.js, karma.conf.js, Gruntfile.js or
bower.json.

There are probably many more files that always have the same name but
should never be shipped inside /usr/share/doc/*/ or at all.