[Pkg-javascript-devel] node-commander 2.2.0

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Leo,

On  Di 06 Mai 2014 17:17:22 CEST, Leo Iannacone wrote:

> Hi Mike!
>
> // adding cc JavaScript ML 'cause I'm adding some info on my work.
>
> On 6 May 2014 16:57, Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
>> On  Di 06 Mai 2014 16:46:15 CEST, Leo Iannacone wrote:
>>> could I work on node-commander importing latest release?
>
> That's great! :)
>
> I will work on..
>
>> Please do! May I ask what you are aiming at with all that heavy packaging
>> activity? If you need a sponsor, ping me!
>
> As I already said, I would like have Mocha (and other test-suits) in  
> Debian...
>
> Now, let's talk about test suits:
>
> What's the main difference between npm and apt?
> AFAIU, the first one permits to have/install more than one version of
> packageX, while apt can only install (by default) the latest version
> of a package.
>
> So... what's happen when a module_X depends on a module_Y (version
> 1.0) and module_Y get a release (major) upgrade? We can't know..
> unless if we tries to automatically do some check, maybe during
> re-builds, having tests enabled for package.

This issue I have also noticed earlier. It indeed is a problem.

> After some search I have seen that most test frameworks used are:
>  * Mocha
>  * Should
>  * NodeUnit
>  * Expresso
>  * jsUnit
>  * Jasmine
>
> So.. I'm trying to achieve this: enable tests during node-* packages
> build phase in order to discover anomalies and help upstream to keep
> their projects update with dependencies new releases.
>
> Does this sound reasonable to your old_contributor ears or I am
> wasting my (and yours) time?

That sounds absolutely awesome! Go on with that good work and your  
focus on test suites! It makes absolutely sense!

Greets,
Mike
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