[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#920858: twitter-bootstrap4: contains generated code not included as source

[Xavier]

Le 30/01/2019 à 23:47, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> Quoting Xavier (2019-01-30 22:54:53)
>> Le 30/01/2019 à 22:34, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
>>> Quoting Xavier (2019-01-30 22:26:57)
>>>> Le 29/01/2019 à 22:17, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
>>>>> Source package contains below <dist/> several files embedding code 
>>>>> from external project fileOverview Kickass, without source 
>>>>> included.
> 
> Just a clarification: Name of external project is Popper.js: 
> "fileOverview" is just a marker, and "Kickass" is first word of 
> Popper.js short description.
> 
> 
>>>> I succeed to build source, but this needs:
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> This bugreport tracks twitter-bootstrap4 violating Policy in 
>>> shipping code without source.
>>>
>>> For discussing packaging of that source in a separate package, 
>>> please file an ITP bugreport (or an RFP bugreport if you don't 
>>> intent on doing the work yourself), and let's discuss packaging 
>>> issues there.
> 
>> Also is it OK if I remove dist/bootstrap.bundle.* in Files-Excluded ?
> 
> Sorry, I don't understand your question.
> 
> What do you mean by "also"?  Did I miss some previous conversation that 
> this is an addition of?
> 
> Are you asking if it is ok to violate Debian Policy here?  Or is your 
> question a different one? Please try rephrase...

That's not what I said. Anyway Jérémy found a way to patch this "grave
policy violation". In the same way, should you open a similar bug to any
of the packages which embeds bootstrap?