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

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Yadd (2022-05-20 06:28:38)
> 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

Please provide more detail:

Which packages fail to work with webpack 4, and how?

Which packages listed as failing with webpack 5 is easy peasy to simply
upgrade (without collateral damage to reverse dependencies)?

The last major upgrade of chalk has lef eslint broken, so I am *not*
happy if you push webpack upgrade forward without properly weighing
the collaterals!


 - Jonas

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