[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#933007: pkg-js-tools: Automatically link components in node_modules directory

[Xavier Guimard]

Package: pkg-js-tools
Version: 0.8.1
Severity: wishlist

When using components in node modules, the best way to use them is to
install them in node_modules/ directory. However, dpkg-source install
them at the top source directory under a directory named by "component"
field value (debian/watch).

The idea here is, before build, to automatically read debian/watch to find
components, read <component>/package.json to find the node name and
create a link "../<component> => <node-name>" in node_modules directory
(created on-the-fly). Also, it will remove automatically node_modules
directory during dh_clean step.
Then no need to overwrite NODE_PATH in debian/rules.

Any comment is welcome here ;-).