[Debian-pan-maintainers] Bug#1063908: Bug#1063908: node-jupyter-widgets-{base, base-manager, control}: ships files already in python3-widgetsnbextension

[Yadd]

On 2/14/24 20:26, Andreas Beckmann via Debian-pan-maintainers wrote:
> Package: node-jupyter-widgets-base,node-jupyter-widgets-base-manager,node-jupyter-widgets-controls
> Version: 6.0.7+~cs14.23.94-1
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts
> 
> Hi,
> 
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to install
> because it tries to overwrite other packages files without declaring a
> Breaks+Replaces relation.
> 
> See policy 7.6 at
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#overwriting-files-and-replacing-packages-replaces
> 
>  From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
> 
>    Preparing to unpack .../node-jupyter-widgets-base_6.0.7+~cs14.23.94-1_all.deb ...
>    Unpacking node-jupyter-widgets-base (6.0.7+~cs14.23.94-1) ...
>    dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/node-jupyter-widgets-base_6.0.7+~cs14.23.94-1_all.deb (--unpack):
>     trying to overwrite '/usr/share/nodejs/@jupyter-widgets/base/css/index.css', which is also in package python3-widgetsnbextension 8.1.1-2
>    Errors were encountered while processing:
>     /var/cache/apt/archives/node-jupyter-widgets-base_6.0.7+~cs14.23.94-1_all.deb

Hi,

why does python3-widgetsnbextension install an unusable node.js module 
into a nodejs directory ?