[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1111724: nodejs: node-types-node version should be @types/node version, not nodejs's

[Jérémy Lal]

Package: nodejs
Version: 20.19.4+dfsg-1
Severity: normal

@types/node, currently MUTed in nodejs,
took the bad habit of breaking typescript packages,
by doing breaking changes in the declared types.

Example of what I think would be better:
nodejs 20.19.4+dfsg-1
node-types-node 20.19.11-1

so that
node-proxy-agents
Build-Depends:
node-types-node >= 20.19.11~

instead of
node-types-node >= 20.19.4+dfsg~

It maybe possible that nodejs x.y.z+dfsg1-1 bundles @types/node version A,
and that nodejs x.y.z+dfsg2-1 bundles @types/node version B.

Some typescript sources need to be able to depend on the correct @types/node
version, and that is made harder by node-types-node being published with a version
that is the version of nodejs.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.38+deb13-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

Versions of packages nodejs depends on:
ii  libc6          2.41-12
ii  libnode115     20.19.4+dfsg-1
ii  node-corepack  0.24.0-5

Versions of packages nodejs recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20250419
ii  nodejs-doc       20.19.2+dfsg-1

Versions of packages nodejs suggests:
ii  npm  9.2.0~ds1-3

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