[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1064824: node-d3: fails to export map and other functions

[Julian Gilbey]

On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 09:18:01PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> [...]
> So it's specifically "map" that is problematic, and I just happen to
> have stumbled upon it: d3 v5 depends on d3-array version 1, but the
> version of node-d3-array in unstable is 3.2.0+~cs5.0.6-2, and this is
> causing the conflict.
> 
> I don't know the best way to fix this.  node-d3-array version was
> upgraded from 1.2.4 to 3.x about two years ago, so d3 would have had
> this bug since then, but I'm the first one to stumble upon it :-/
> 
> Perhaps we could package node-d3-array-1 (version 1.2.4) and have
> node-d3 build-depends on that?

I was just wondering if there's a simpler way than having a new
package: have d3-array 1.2.4 being an unexported component of the
node-d3 source package, and instead of Build-Depends: node-d3-array,
have a Build-Conflicts: node-d3-array.  But then I discovered that the
binary package node-d3 depends on node-d3-array, as do 7 other
packages in testing (I haven't checked unstable).  I'm guessing that
most of those dependencies probably need version 1.x of d3-array, so
it may be that having a node-d3-array-1 (or -v1) package is actually
the way forward in this situation.

Best wishes,

   Julian