[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#857986: Bug#857986: npm: This pakcage is 3 years old? (consider removal)

[Jonathan Wiltshire]

On 2017-05-22 15:19, Jérémy Lal wrote:
> 2017-05-22 16:10 GMT+02:00 Pirate Praveen <praveen at onenetbeyond.org>:
> 
>> On തിങ്കള്‍ 22 മെയ് 2017 06:41 വൈകു,
>> Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>>> ...for the _initial_ packaging work.
>>> 
>>> We are package *maintainers*.
>> 
>> If you have not realized, we are discussing about maintaining an
>> existing package. I think you have also not realized the meaning of
>> team
>> maintained packages. The person who did the initial package need not
>> be
>> the maintainer of the packager for ever. When there is enough
>> interest
>> in the package, it will remain maintained else it gets removed.
> 
> I did the initial npm packaging. At that moment i was optimistic
> upstream wouldn't add or change dependencies too much. I was wrong,
> npm is constantly adding/removing modules through the months and
> years, requiring a lot of maintainer work to keep up.
> I think Jonas was pointing out that updating npm today won't actually
> solve any issue regarding npm maintenance. Some company should fund
> that work.
> 
> Jérémy

Can this discussion please not be on debian-release? Thanks.



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