[Pkg-javascript-devel] Rebuilding of nodejs reverse dependencies

[Pirate Praveen]

2022, ഫെബ്രുവരി 15 9:18:23 PM IST, "Jérémy Lal" <kapouer at melix.org>ൽ എഴുതി
>On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 4:19 PM Lucas Nussbaum <lucas at debian.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 14/01/22 at 01:46 +0100, Ayoyimika Ajibade wrote:
>> > Hello Lucas!
>> >
>> > Am an outreachy intern working on transitioning of nodejs16, in respect
>> to
>> > what you needed to help us with rebuilding
>> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2020/10/msg00097.html  here is
>> > the needed script you asked for
>> >
>> > 1. the script that customizes a chroot
>> >
>> > apt install nodejs/experimental && apt install libicu-dev/experimental
>> > (the packages needed for local build of nodejs from experimental)
>> > reverse-depends -b nodejs (to get a list of a build dependencies of
>> nodejs)
>> >
>> > 2.  we would like to rebuild all reverse dependencies of nodejs16
>>
>
>Good news: the current problems are listed here
>https://release.debian.org/britney/pseudo-excuses-experimental.html#nodejs

That only runs autopkgtest if enabled. It does not do rebuilds.

>Sorry for the late comment, but transitioning to nodejs 16 is going to be
>difficult
>with libicu being stuck in experimental.
>That's why i uploaded nodejs 14 but it is waiting in NEW...
>
>Given the amount of packages (~ 2000) and the fact that it is mostly
>> packages that are fast to build, isn't that something that can be done
>> on a powerful single machine?
>>
>
>There are tools to do that
>https://salsa.debian.org/ruby-team/meta
>https://github.com/Debian/ratt
>(i am attempting to use that one right now)
>
>Surely they need sbuild to be setup
>https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/sbuild

http://salsa.debian.org/ruby-team/meta scripts (setup and build) can be used.

>Jérémy

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