[Pkg-javascript-devel] sockjs-client is in Debian but needs update (Was: [covid-19] shiny-server (Was: dependencies Re: ITP: streamlit))

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Andrius,

Am Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 01:27:57PM +0200 schrieb Andrius Merkys:
> On 2022-02-22 13:20, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > Unfortunately we have a new problem as
> > autopkgtest shows[4]
> > 
> >    sockjs-client : Depends: node-json3 (>= 3.3.2) but it is not installable
> > 
> > while we had this package before it was removed[5] from Debian.
> > 
> > I need to admit that I have no idea how to sensibly proceed from here
> > and would love if someone from Debian Javascript Maintainers would take
> > over from here.
> 
> Citing [6]:
> 
>   JSON 3 is **deprecated** and **no longer maintained**. Please don't
>   use it in new projects, and migrate existing projects to use the
>   native `JSON.parse` and `JSON.stringify` instead.
> 
> My sense is that sockjs-client needs node-json3 usage replaced with
> calls to native JSON module (by upstream or by patch).

I'd fully agree here but I decided to let the needed action be taken
by someone who is comfortable with JS universe (which I'm not).

Kind regards

      Andreas.

> > [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/sockjs-client
> > [2] https://salsa.debian.org/js-team/node-sockjs-client
> > [3] https://bugs.debian.org/979958
> > [4] https://salsa.debian.org/js-team/node-sockjs-client/-/jobs/2499248
> > [5] https://bugs.debian.org/931653
> 
> [6] https://www.npmjs.com/package/json3
> 
> Best,
> Andrius
> 

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