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

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Pirate Praveen (2020-12-03 12:29:11)
> 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.

Ftpmaster rejects tiny *source* packages, not *virtual* packages:
Hiding generally useful Nodejs modules is a horrible packaging pattern.

Code projects in Debian should be registered with dpkg!

I have filed bug#976331 about this specifically.  Please fix other 
similar ones as well.


 - Jonas

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