[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1016063: node-node-rest-client: many issues, abandonned upstream, leaf package: should this package be RM'd ?

[Jérémy Lal]

Source: node-node-rest-client
Version: 3.1.1-1
Severity: important

Hi,

for some reason debci fails on this package, so I checked it,
only to discover many issues:
- it doesn't run upstream test suite, but another test suite
- it does useless things in debian/rules regarding debug.sh, test.sh,
  and uselessly depends on dos2unix
- when properly setup, upstream test suite fails on debian (two failures)
- it is practically abandonned upstream, also it is old pre-es5 javascript style,
  and source code is of mediocre quality.
- contrary to what the ITP #877646 announced, it is now a leaf package,
  and not needed (as a dep or build-dep) by any other package

For all those reasons, instead of artificially keeping it alive,
I strongly suggest this package be removed from debian.

I'll open a RM bug if you are okay with that.

Jérémy

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.18.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled