[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#976331: Bug#976331: Bug#976331: [JS Policy] what to set in "Provides" field ?

[Pirate Praveen]

On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 11:37, Jonas Smedegaard <jonas at jones.dk> wrote:
> Sorry, I was unclear.  Let me try rephrase to clarify:
> 
> ftpmaster strongly dislikes (i.e. they will reject) too tiny source
> packages, but ftpmaster does not actively encourage (even if they 
> might
> tolerate) duplicate code.
> 
> My point was not that ftpmaster rejects duplicate code (they might in
> severe cases, but that is not really their task to judge on).
> 
> My point was, instead, that it is wrong to interpret the fact that
> ftpmaster rejects tiny source packages as an endorsement of duplicate
> source through _repeated_ embedding of same module.

"One line of code (=exaggeration for simple module) should be always
embedded independent of the number of packages that depend on it." - 
Thorsten Alteholz / ftp master

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