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

[Xavier]

Le 05/12/2020 à 22:48, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> 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?

Wait for jest acceptance, node-jest-debbundle has not a lot of dependencies