[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#976440: Bug#976440: pkg-js-tools: add a minimal test to check the dependencies in package.json does not differ by major versions

[Xavier]

Control: reassign -1 lintian

Le 17/12/2020 à 19:23, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> Quoting Xavier (2020-12-17 19:00:00)
>> such test should not fail because it will creates a lot of
>> false-positive FTBFS. I can write a test that returns OK or SKIP but
>> then what is the benefit?
> 
> Quite helpful if such SemVer violations appeared as lintian warnings.
> 
> Having them appear there would help also outside of the JavaScript team 
> - e.g. as a "smell": https://trends.debian.net/#smells
> 
>  - Jonas

OK, let's do that. Note that is will check running dependencies only:
lintian isn't launched with build dependencies in debci machines AFAIK

@Felix, do you prefer a PR to lintian or a test in pkg-js-tools "extras"?

Cheers,
Xavier