[Pkg-javascript-devel] Obsolete-new packages

[Andrius Merkys]

Hi Yadd,

First and foremost, thank you very much for taking care of my packages!
And sorry for the low quality. I will take your notice into consideration.

On 2021-11-21 09:46, Yadd wrote:
> I don't think it's normal to push package with npm2deb default template
> without looking at debian/* files
> 
>  * debhelper: was 11 in Buster, >2 years ago!
>  * dh-sequence-nodejs: only Buster doesn't know it
>  * <!nocheck>: requires for ages
>  * ...
> 
> We have automatic tools such lintian-bruch and we have lintian that
> shows problems. Why are you pushing such dirty work ?

I must admit my knowledge of JS packaging lags quite a lot, thus I rely
a lot on tools. I would expect npm2deb to produce initial packaging at a
fair state, and lintian to throw warnings/errors about the "dirty work"
(as opposed to notes which are quite invisible).

I am aware that npm2deb is not developed by Debian JS Team, thus it is
quite natural it does not follow JS Team policies close enough. Maybe it
should be taken over by Debian, or its usage to do packaging in Debian
be strongly discouraged? (Maybe it is already, only I am not aware).

Best,
Andrius