[Pkg-xmpp-devel] Packaging of strophejs plugins

[Marcelo Jorge Vieira]

Hi Martin,

On Mon, 2021-01-11 at 23:19 +0100, Martin wrote:
> Hi Marcelo, hi XMPP team,
> 
> I recently packaged strophejs-plugin-pubsub (#941144, currently
> in NEW), because I need it for some crazy project :-)
> 
> Now it looks, like multiple strophejs plugins are worth packaging
> (but not all, of course), some of them consisting of only few
> lines of code. This is not nice, because every additional
> package puts burden on our infrastructure, on our FTP masters,
> and on all Debian users.

That was the motivation to create the jquery-goodies source few years
ago. So, sounds good to me...

https://salsa.debian.org/js-team/jquery-goodies


> I wonder, whether it would be better to have only one source and
> binary package "strophejs-plugins" which just consists of all
> strophejs plugins we (= Debian) consider worth packaging.
> Most plugins do not have a version anyway, therefore it is not a
> problem, if we make up a meta-version (I suggest natural
> numbers, starting with 1).

ok, make sense.


> Also, AFAIK, dpkg does support multiple multiple upstream orig
> files per package. I never used that feature, though.

I never used it too, sorry, I will try learn about it.


> I'm not sure, whether pristine-tar works with multiple archives.

I have no idea, sorry again. 


> If there are no objections, I'ld create this Chimaera, maybe
> with only two or three plugins for the start.

Please, go ahead!


Let me know if you need anything else.


Cheers,


-- 
Marcelo Jorge Vieira
xmpp:metal at jabber-br.org
https://metaldot.alucinados.com

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