[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#976618: Bug#976618: Bug#976618: node-cosmiconfig, jest: embedded module tied to large (build-)dependency tree

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Xavier (2020-12-05 22:34:06)
> Le 05/12/2020 à 22:22, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> > Package: node-cosmiconfig,jest
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Both node-cosmiconfig and jest embed Nodejs module callsites.
> > 
> > jest provides it as virtual package node-callsites,
> > but jest has a much larger (build-dependency tree.
> > 
> > Please consider shifting to provide node-callsites from node-cosmiconfig.
> > 
> >  - Jonas
> 
> Following #976341, callsites is now (will be after ftpmaster review) in
> node-jest-debbundle which is small

Yes, small _dependency_ tree - which is certainly an improvement.

It still has a large _build-dependency_ tree, however - which means 
there is a higher risk of accidentally crating circular 
build-dependencies which is a pain foor bootstrapping new architectures, 
and there is a higher risk that anything either depending or 
build-depending on node-callsites gets entangled in transitions or even 
risk getting kicked out of testing.

Even if node-cosmiconfig would need jest for checking build-time tests 
it would still be helpful to shift: Those bootstrapping would disable 
test-only build-dependencies (assuming they were correctly annotated 
with <!nocheck>).

Therefore I still suggest to consider shifting which _source_ package 
contain the embedded modules.


Or do you thing I have missed something?


Kind regards,

 - Jonas

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