[Pkg-javascript-devel] RFS: bootsidemenu.js and node-nouislider

[Doug Torrance]

On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 8:27 AM Doug Torrance <dtorrance at piedmont.edu> wrote:
> I've recently packaged two Javascript libraries, and I'm hoping
> someone would be available to review them, sponsor an upload, and copy
> the repository to js-team in Salsa.  They are:
>
> bootsidemenu.js:
>
> * Salsa repo: https://salsa.debian.org/dtorrance/bootsidemenu.js
> * ITP bug: https://bugs.debian.org/960097
> * Note that although an earlier version is available through npm
> (https://www.npmjs.com/package/BootSideMenu), it's pretty broken from
> a node standpoint.  Even the basic "require" test fails, as
> package.json points to an html file.  So for now, it's just a browser
> libjs-* package.
>
> node-nouislider:
>
> * Salsa repo: https://salsa.debian.org/dtorrance/node-nouislider
> * ITP bug: https://bugs.debian.org/960618
> * Upstream's test suite uses blanket.js and QUnit in the browser, so
> it didn't really seem possible to incorporate that into the
> pkg-js-tools tests.  There's no "test" field in package.json, either.
> So right now the only test is the default "require" one.  That throws
> a "pkg-js-tools-test-is-missing" Lintian warning, of course, but based
> on the language of that warning's description, it seems like I
> shouldn't override it.
> * Right now, I have symlinks in /usr/share/javascript pointing to the
> corresponding /usr/share/nodejs files all together in the same
> package.  I saw this in another package (node-clipboard), and it seems
> easier than having separate node-* and libjs-* packages as outlined in
> https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Policy.  Is this okay?

Bumping since it's been a little over a week.  Has anyone had a chance
to look at either of these packages?

Thanks!
Doug