[Pkg-javascript-devel] please file ITP bugreport to track new packages

[Pirate Praveen]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 11:53, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> Please use Debbugs...
> 
> Debian has an issue tracker called debbugs.  Despite its name it can
> also track other kinds of issues than bugs, including the interest and
> eventual preliminary work preparing a new package, before the package 
> is
> added to Debian.  Such issues are tracked by filing a bugreport 
> against
> the psudo-packae "wnpp" with a type of either "RFP" or "ITP".  See 
> more
> details at https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/
> 
> Please track new packages in Debbugs!
> 
> Today I wasted time creating a package apparently already in 
> preparation
> for several years, because it was not tracked in Debbugs.  I have 
> moved
> aside that old work - please those involved in that mess cherry-pick
> anything sensible and then delete the git repo:
> https://salsa.debian.org/js-team/node-serialize-javascript.old

This package was rejected because it was considered too small by ftp 
masters.

https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-javascript-devel/2018-September/028329.html

> 
It is documented at https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Nodejs/NEW

and there was an ITP at that time 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=885137 which was 
closed after it was rejected.

apt-file find node_modules/serialize-javascript

is a good way to find already embedded modules and probably a nice 
addition to npm2deb search.