[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#837929: npm: Should suggest nodejs-legacy

[Jérémy Lal]

2016-09-15 17:12 GMT+02:00 Matijs van Zuijlen <matijs at matijs.net>:

> Package: npm
> Version: 1.4.21+ds-2
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Executables installed with npm need the /usr/bin/node executable, which
> is provided in the nodejs-legacy package. This information is currently
> only in the README.Debian file. I think it would be really helpful to
> add nodejs-legacy to the npm package's Suggests:, or even Recommends:.
>
>
Well, re-reading
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/07/msg00002.html
paragraph 2 says

> No package in the archive may depend on or recommend
> the nodejs-legacy package, which is provided solely for upstream
compatibility.

Taken literally, it doesn't forbid Suggest. Does it ?

Jérémy.
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