[Pkg-javascript-devel] Proposing to upload webpack 5 to unstable

[Yadd]

On 17/05/2022 06:38, Yadd wrote:
> On 17/05/2022 06:28, Pirate Praveen wrote:
>>
>>
>> 2022, മേയ് 12 5:41:14 PM IST, Jonas Smedegaard <jonas at jones.dk>ൽ എഴുതി
>>> Quoting Pirate Praveen (2022-05-12 13:36:42)
>>>> Thanks for your work on webpack 5 transition as part of outreachy. Can
>>>> you share a status of how many packages still needs to be fixed?
>>> [...]
>>>> I think a majority of packages are fixed already and I think we should
>>>> upload webpack 5 to unstable now.
>>>>
>>>> If there is no objections, I propose to upload it next week.
>>>
>>> Let's first get a status and only then set a time :-)
>>
>> https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/bts-usertags.cgi?user=pkg-javascript-devel%40alioth-lists.debian.net&tag=webpack5 
>> this has list of affected packages. And with webpack 4 failing with 
>> openssl 3.0 I don't think we have much options to keep webpack 4 any 
>> longer.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> yes it's time to switch to webpack 5. Some packages from this list just 
> need an update (mocha for example).
> 
> My opinion: push webpack 5 and related packages from experimental to 
> unstable right now and then fix problems
> 
> Cheers,
> Yadd

Hi all,

webpack 4 is ~unusable. So I think we should upload webpack 5 and then 
fix remaining problems

Cheers,
Yadd