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

[Xavier]

Le 29/07/2026 à 21:05, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> Quoting Xavier (2026-07-29 20:56:04)
>> 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
> 
> Makes sense :-)

Hi Jonas,

done. By "archive team", you mean debian-release ?

Cheers,
Xavier