[Pkg-javascript-devel] node-v8-compile-cache ?

[Pirate Praveen]

On 11/22/18 5:12 PM, Paolo Greppi wrote:
> Hi team,
> 
> node-v8-compile-cache originally uploaded to NEW here:
> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-javascript-devel/2018-April/025959.html
> has been marked for rejection here:
> https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Nodejs/NEW
> and consequently rejected here:
> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-javascript-devel/2018-October/029150.html
> 
> As mentioned in the ITP:
> https://bugs.debian.org/897025
> it is required for yarnpkg so it could be embedded there.
> 
> But according to sloccount it's 268 LOC.
> And it has 60 dependents and 1,4 M downloads/wk as reported here:
> https://www.npmjs.com/package/v8-compile-cache?activeTab=dependents
> 
> Are we sure we want to embed it ?

We can always package it separately when more modules depending on it
are packaged.

Now the new strategy is to embed aggressively to reduce number of binary
packages. Only if a module is generated code and likely required by
multiple packaged modules, we should package it separately.

Not really my ideal choice, but forced by ftp masters.

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