[Pkg-javascript-devel] NodeJS repository structure

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On 11-10-13 at 11:21pm, Jérémy Lal wrote:
> On 13/10/2011 20:31, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > On 11-10-13 at 08:25pm, David Paleino wrote:
> >> I noticed that we're putting libraries under /usr/lib/nodejs/, but 
> >> there's also a /usr/share/nodejs/ populated by nodejs-dev.
> >>
> >> I've packaged libnode-sqlite3, which compiles a binding to 
> >> libsqlite3-dev, so /u/lib/ is its perfect place. But I'm wondering 
> >> why we're putting also arch-independent libraries in /u/lib/ ? 
> >> Wouldn't it better to follow the commonly used scheme of /u/share 
> >> for arch-indep and /u/lib for arch-dep?
> >>
> >> I haven't looked at nodejs code, but it doesn't seem too hard to 
> >> implement, given nodejs-dev already populates that directory.
> >>
> >> What do you think about this?
> > 
> > As a principle I totally agree.
> > 
> > Jérémy is our Node expert, however - let's wait and hear his opinion 
> > :-)
> 
> Facts :
> * arch-independent libs must go to /usr/share/nodejs
> * arch-dependent libs must go to /usr/lib/nodejs
> * node libs that are arch-dependent almost all have two files : a 
>   dependent .node and an independent .js
> * it is unwise to multiply nodejs search paths...
> 
> The simple decision is to put all modules in /usr/lib/nodejs, I 
> understand it's more important to have arch-dependent libs in the 
> right place than having arch-independent libs in the right place, and 
> all modules stay in the same dir.
> More importantly this is the same pattern as python and ruby.
> 
> I'm nonetheless open to discussion.

Care to elaborate why it is unwise to multiply nodejs search paths?

I do not follow your argument that same is true for Python: 
arch-independent Python library packages install below /usr/share.


 - Jonas

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