[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#942809: Bug#942809: Why embed ts-node in node-typescript?

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Pirate Praveen (2019-10-24 15:10:09)
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 16:46, Jonas Smedegaard <jonas at jones.dk> wrote:
> > Sounds reasonable to introduce psl as new _binary_ package (not 
> > embed in _binary_ package node-though-cookie and add "Provides: 
> > node-psl" hint): Upstream project has many seemingly unrelated 
> > reverse dependencies which are probably not all also depending on 
> > node-though-cookie, so it would be annoying to have those needlessly 
> > pull in node-though-cookie.
> > 
> > Sounds reasonable to instroduce psl as new _source_ package (not 
> > embed in src:node-though-cookie): It isn't tiny.
> 
> > 
> I don't think that is what ftp masters wants. They have communicated 
> this clearly and lots of NEW packages were rejected as well.
> 
> I quote again "- put together packages that belong together; I am not 
> sure here, but wouldn't it be fine to have just one package node-d3 or 
> node-babel that contains all corresponding modules (though their 
> different versions might create problems in keeping track of them)?"
> 
> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-javascript-devel/2018-September/027849.html
> 
> If you are proposing something that is against the recommendation of 
> ftp masters, you really need to convince them. In case of NEW, their 
> decision matters, not yours.
> 
> It is fine if you don't agree with their decision. But you will need 
> to override it before proposing something that is against their 
> preference.

You quote an uncertain suggestion ending in a question, yet talking 
about it as a recommendation that requires convincing to change.

The whole page you reference begins with framing a scope of the problem 
being projects "only of a few lines of code" and it seems to me that is 
*exactly* what I care about in my quoted text above.


 - Jonas

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