Bug#916145: closure-compiler: Not working with recent JS code

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sat, Apr 06, 2019 at 06:13:05PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> * Roland Gruber <post at rolandgruber.de> [190406 16:07]:
> > the current version is so old that it got incompatible with recent JS code.
> > E.g. jQuery 3.3.1 cannot be minified as the tool reports parsing errors.
> > 
> > Please either update the tool or remove it from the archive. This is now
> > 5 years in unmaintained state.
> 
> I've checked all r-deps of closure-compiler in Debian, and they all
> build -- datatables-extensions shows some errors in a prebuilt file,
> but it has done so for a long time, so probably not super relevant.
> 
> While I agree that having a 5 year old JS compiler in Debian is not

Now over 6 years.

> a great situation, its also not threatening to the packages in
> Debian using it, so I'd suggest keeping it for now.

Packages that would require a non-prehistoric version of 
closure-compiler are already blocked from entering Debian,
see #843951 and #727529 (since 2013!) as examples.

Any actual user installing closure-compiler will have a WTF experience 
when discovering that the new Debian release ships a version that was
already outdated when the dinosaurs roamed the earth.

> Adrian: you raised the severity, care to lower it until buster is
> out (or say some words on why)?

IMHO the release team adding a buster-ignore tag would be the best way 
forward here - this would still show up as RC bug for bullseye.

> Cheers,
> Chris (from the Salzburg BSP)

cu
Adrian

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