[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#740893: libjs-jquery-hotkeys regression (was: python-coverage regression)

[Ben Finney]

On 21-Mar-2014, Thomi Richards wrote:
> I hope you don't mind my pinging you like this.

No problem, you're doing so in my capacity as a Debian package maintainer,
so this address is fine for that.

> I've discovered a regression in python-coverage packages in Ubuntu
> Trusty, and narrowed the problem down to a the jquery.hotkeys package in
> Debian. I filed a bug here:
> 
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=740893

Right, I think that bug report is correct. I'm replying onto that bug
report to keep the discussion where it (IMO) belongs for now.

> ...and was hoping I could bring this to your attention, with the hopes of
> getting it fixed in time for the Trusty release.

Isn't the problem best fixed by reverting the ‘libjs-jquery-hotkeys’
package to the working “0.8” version? The newer version breaks dependent
packages, so the right place to apply pressure it seems to me is by
rejecting that newer code from Debian until it works again.

> I'm not sure what the best solution is. I've identified the last revision
> of that package that worked well with coverage.py. One option is to
> revert the debian package, but presumably those changes were made for a
> reason, and I'd hate to break other projects. Another option is to use
> the vendorised libraries in upstart coverage.py.

Sure. It's easy for me to identify the location for a solution in a package
which I'm not really involved with, so my position is not the only one to
consider.

> Please let me know if I can do anything to help out.

Have you got any feedback from the Debian package maintainer of
‘libjs-jquery-hotkeys’ to find out whether rolling back to version “0.8” is
feasible?

Have you worked with that package maintainer to report the bug upstream (it
is the package maintainer's responsibility)? Has the upstream developer 

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Ben Finney <ben at benfinney.id.au>
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