[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#977670: jest: should explicitly (build-)depend on needed babel modules

Jonas Smedegaard dr at jones.dk
Fri Dec 18 16:28:31 GMT 2020


Package: jest
Version: 26.6.3+repack+~cs61.38.31-2
Followup-For: Bug #977670

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Control: reoen -1
Control: retitle -1 jest: should explicitly (build-)depend on needed babel modules

Thanks for clarifying that this issue is not scenario a).

Now, please either...

 b) if only some embedded modules need babel-related modules at runtime,
    and jest does not need those at runtime,
    then move them to a package which itself need babel at runtime,
    otherwise
 c) explicitly depend on the (possibly virtual) module packages needed


I.e. in any case it is wrong to declare (build-)dependency on
"node-babel7" because that package name represents a *bundle* of
modules, not explicit modules.

In short: please explicitly (build-)depend on needed babel modules

Explicitly, not implicitly through bundle-package (which may change
content in future!).


 - Jonas

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