[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1143015: Bug#1143015: ldap-rest: wrong package section "javascript"

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Xavier (2026-07-29 20:43:20)
> Le 29/07/2026 à 18:57, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> > Package: ldap-rest
> > Version: 0.4.6-2
> > Severity: minor
> > 
> > The package ldap-rest is placed in package section "javascript" which
> > from its package description seems wrong: Package section is not about
> > the implementation language but the user-facing usage scope.
> > 
> > Please change debian/control file to use a more proper package section
> > (look for other LDAP tools for inspiration), and when done inform the
> > archive team so they can refresh the central package metadata cache.
> > 
> >   - Jonas
> 
> Thanks for the report. I took a look at other tools, maybe "net" could 
> be the best (like OpenLDAP)?

Sounds good to me :-)

OpenLDAP *provides* a network service, and is in section "net".

ldap2dns is a CLI tool *interacting* with network services, and is in
section "admin".

Is ldap-rest mainly a network service or mainly a CLI tool?

 - Jonas

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