[Pkg-javascript-devel] documentation about distributing minified versions of files

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Jérémy Lal (2013-05-06 15:18:15)
> First please note that i am not talking here about minified versions 
> of javascript files that are shipped in upstream tarballs [0].
> 
> Please comment about what could be part of our javascript policy [1]. 
> It might help future javascript maintainers.
> 
> A package that distribute minified files for convenience
> * must distribute the unminified files
> * should name the minified files like "foo.min.js"
> * should not minify all files blindly
>   (i'm thinking of jquery.ui.datepicker-xx.js)
> * if no minifier was available at build time, the minified files must
>   symlink to the unminified ones (instead of being removed or empty).
> * a node-foo package should not distribute minified files.
> 
> Some of these could even become lintian tags.

All of above sounds sensible to me.

Thanks for summarizing.


 - Jonas

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