[Pkg-javascript-devel] RFP shepherd.js, maybe?

[Philip Hands]

Hi,

(I'm not subscribed, so please CC: me)

Recent versions of openQA make use of shepherd.js, which the openQA
build system gets in the form of a single file, built output, from here:

  https://shepherdjs.dev/dist/js/shepherd.js

by using Mojolicious AssetPack[1].

To avoid such build-time downloads I'm currently editing the assetpack
configuration file to point it at locally available copies of the files,
mostly by depending on debian packages that include the same or similar
versions of the files, and pointing symlinks at those files so that
Assetpack can find them.

This is a bit of a hack, so I'd be happy to know if there's a better way.

You can find shepherd.js here:

  https://shepherdjs.dev/
  https://github.com/shipshapecode/shepherd

which is not yet packaged, so I'm now wondering what is the best thing
to do in order satisfy the new dependency, and thus to be able to
package recent openQA.

Given that it is BSD licensed, perhaps it would be acceptable to simply
include the generated file in my source, and document where it came
from, but that strikes me as sub-optimal, even if allowed.

Presumably one could either package it directly, or via npm somehow.

Is one approach considered better than the other?

Is filing an RFP the right next step for this?

I'm happy to give packaging it a go myself, if someone's willing to
provide me with hints about how best to go about it.

In that case I'd hope to hand the package over to the Javascript team
afterwards, since I have no experience with packaging Javascript and my
interest in the package is only in it's ability to satisfy this
dependency.

Cheers, Phil.

[1] https://metacpan.org/dist/Mojolicious-Plugin-AssetPack
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