[Pkg-javascript-devel] Browserified copy and DFSG

[Niels Thykier]

Bastien ROUCARIES:
> Hi,
> 
> They are a few package that FTBFS due to lack of browserify under debian [1]
> 
> The most significant point is to render javadoc FTBFS due to lack of
> browserified version of pako a port of zlib to javascript.
> 
> I plan to upload browserify soon but browserify is blocked by:
> * node-insert-module-globals in NEWS (prod ftpmaster)
> * node-has-object-spread not yet packaged (i plan to do it)
> * node-has-template-literals not yet packaged (i plan to do it)
> 
> Browserify (or webpack) is a static compiler for javascript. I believe
> that we must use built-using field in order to be policy compliant.
> 
> I can output a list of javascript module (or file installed in the
> tree) but I lack the
>  debhelper skill needed to output automatically built-using.
> 
> Can somebody help me ?
> 
> Bastien
> 
> [1] For an approximation see
> https://lintian.debian.org/tags/source-contains-browserified-javascript.html
> that also include webpack
> 

AFAIUI, Built-Using is solely to be used for compliance with licenses
(GPL or GPL-like licenses).  Are these node modules under GPL or a
GPL-like license?  If not, there should be no need for Built-Using.

Thanks,
~Niels