[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#900491: node-tar: version 4 breaks software written for version 2

[Jérémy Lal]

Package: node-tar
Version: 4.4.2+ds-1
Severity: important

node-tar version 4 is not backward compatible (at all) with previous
major versions:
require('tar').Extract
has moved to
require('tar').extract

Look if it is possible to keep backward compatibility to ensure a smoother upgrade.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.16.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages node-tar depends on:
ii  node-mkdirp       0.5.1-1
ii  node-safe-buffer  5.1.2-1
ii  node-yallist      2.0.0-1
ii  nodejs            10.1.0~dfsg-1

node-tar recommends no packages.

node-tar suggests no packages.

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