[Pkg-javascript-devel] Packaging libuv

[Sébastien Villemot]

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Dear node.js maintainers,

My prospective package julia (ITP: #691912) has libuv among its
dependencies.

I am therefore considering the possibility of having a libuv package in
Debian.

If I understand correctly, libuv is a subproject of node.js, and the
current node.js binary is (statically) linked against it.

I am therefore wondering if you would be willing to create a libuv-dev
package out of the current nodejs source package. Of course, I would be
willing to submit a patch against node.js to achieve this.

An alternative would be to create an independent libuv source package
that I would (co-)maintain (and of course you would be more than welcome
as co-maintainers).

The last solution would be the statu quo: having both node.js and julia
embed their own copy of libuv. I think this is not a desirable solution,
for obvious reasons.

Another issue is whether a shared library can be produced. Upstream
seems to provide only a static binary, and I don't know if they commit
to API/ABI tracking and versioning. In the worst case, a static only
library is still useful (especially in combination with the new
Built-Using field introduced in Policy 3.9.4).

I look forward to hear your thoughts.

Regards,

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