[Pkg-javascript-devel] Remove all leaf node-* packages (and libjs-* too) from testing ?

Jérémy Lal kapouer at melix.org
Tue Apr 18 08:20:47 UTC 2017


2017-04-18 10:09 GMT+02:00 Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net>:
> Jérémy Lal:
>> To be more precise the question should be:
>>
>> Remove all leaf node-* packages AND not installing an executable in /usr/(s)bin/
>> AND not depending on node-gyp.
>>
>> Because a nodejs module in debian falls in these categories:
>> - needed by another module
>> - needed by an executable
>> - building js libs for a web app
>> - providing an executable
>> - compiling a nodejs c++ addon
>>
>> So a leaf module not falling in these categories is useless in debian/stable.
>>
>> Attention: i am not asking removal from debian/unstable. Maintainers
>> currently packaging a tree of nodejs modules won't be affected.
>>
>> Can anyone help me providing the release team with a list of those ?
>>
>> Jérémy
>>
>
> Hi Jérémy,
>
> Did such a list materialise?

No, i hoped some clever programmer would show up and explain how it
could be obtained from udd or something. I guess i need to do it asap by hand.

Jérémy




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