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

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Pirate Praveen (2020-12-06 12:08:29)
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> > 
> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-javascript-devel/2018-September/027873.html

You provide a quote and share a link to its source, but do not elaborate 
what _you_ want to say by sharing that quote.

What you quote, and the longer message by Thorsten, makes sense to me.

If you are trying to prove that ftpmaster _do_ explicitly endorse 
duplicate source through _repeated_ embedding of same module, then where 
do they say it is ok and good and encouraged and endorsed to embed 
_same_ code _multiple_ times?

"constant four = 2 + 2" should always be embedded - e.g. always embedded 
in src:node-sillymodules where it was provided as virtual package 
node-four.


 - Jonas

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