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

[Xavier]

Le 29/07/2026 à 20:52, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> 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

It's mostly a web service in front of OpenLDAP (or any LDAP server). Its 
role is to maintain consistency between OpenLDAP and other servers (like 
Apache-James) and also consistency inside OpenLDAP data.

Arch: no more write access to LDAP servers (except ldap-rest), all 
change operations are done via it using REST APIs

So I think "net" is better that "util" or "admin" here