[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#977742: Fwd: Bug#977742: Build-Depends-Indep: dh-sequence-nodejs is unsupported

[Xavier]

Control: tags -1 + wontfix

Tagged as "wontfix" following Niels's recommendation

Le 20/12/2020 à 09:51, Niels Thykier a écrit :
> Xavier:
>> Hi,
>>
>> could you help me here ? It seems that "add_command_option" is not
>> usable for dh-sequence-nodejs, how can I replace it?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Xavier
>>
>>
>> [...]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I believe you have misunderstood the request.  The "dh-sequence-nodejs"
> works fine when put in Build-Depends.
> 
> What Jonas is requesting is that dh-sequence-nodejs can moved to
> Build-Depends-Indep - this requires that the add-on supports the more
> restricted "conditional add-on" API from dh.  However, not all add-ons
> can support this functionality because of the restricted API.
> 
> From a quick glance, I doubt that the nodejs sequence can support it at
> all.  As an example, the moment you need to do anything in the "clean"
> sequence, then it is impossible (as Build-Depends-Indep is not satisfied
> during clean, so the add-on must not modify the clean sequence at all).
> 
> My recommendation is to tag the bug wontfix for now.
> 
> ~Niels
>