[Python-modules-team] Bug#832360: Bug#832360: mkdocs: javascript in mkdocs themes should be symlinks to files in libjs-* packages

[Brian May]

Sean Whitton <spwhitton at spwhitton.name> writes:

> This package installs a lot of *.js files under
> /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mkdics/themes.  While some of these are
> mkdocs-specific, a lot of them are available in binary packages in
> Debian.  For example, there are several minified copies of jquery, which
> is available in bin:libjs-jquery.
>
> Except in cases where it is known that the current version of a library
> in Debian is incompatible with a given mkdocs theme (which might be
> considered an upstream bug), mkdocs should depend on the relevant
> libjs-* package and install a symlink to the minified file provided by
> that package, instead of another minified copy of the library.

Help to fix this appreciated. Am very short on time recently.

Thanks.
-- 
Brian May <bam at debian.org>