[Pkg-javascript-devel] Help with packaging a NodeJS application

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Hi David,

On 11-10-09 at 08:56pm, David Paleino wrote:
> Is there any package in Debian which uses npm at build-time which I 
> can look at? I didn't find any with "build-rdeps npm".

npm is a package manager for Nodejs.  Similar to Perl cpan or Ruby gem.

APT is a package management system for Debian.  APT is used *instead* of 
those other managers.  So you should *not* use npm for Debian packaging, 
but instead do similar with debian/* as npm does with package.json.


> Also, I see that there are very few packaged node libraries in Debian, 
> so I suppose I must package all those before uploading tilemill -- and 
> I'm a bit scared by all this javascript :)

I'd say "yes" to that.  But see the recent thread here on this list on 
exactly that issue - which is same as sometimes getting discussed also 
in the Perl team and no doubt Ruby also.


> I don't even know what precise questions to ask -- I suppose I just 
> need someone to point me to the right direction.

You could try look at how some existing Nodejs packages are built: 
http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=pkg-javascript-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org

If you don't mind using CDBS for packaging, you can even persuade me to 
help maintain those libraries needed.  I only use CDBS, though, so 
cannot (or will not) help if you package using short-form dh.


Regards,

 - Jonas

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