Hey. Merge requests [1] and [2] add some new dependencies on a few javascript libraries. In order to stay compatible with Debian and to be able to keep pushing our packages there I'd like to ensure we have someone (Sylvain?) that looks after packaging those libraries and uploading them for Debian.
If that's not the case I'll need to remove them as patches in our Debian packaging. This means that the HTML exporter won't look like it's about to (with the branch that Sylvain wrote) and I will need to maintain a basic, javascript-free version instead. To let you understand the problem better please keep two points in mind: - Anything new we depend on must exist in Debian or we must work on getting it there. This might involve upgrading an existing version or might involve creating a whole new package. If the package is non-trivial to build it may also involve extra work that we must do. - Anything we bundle must be crystal-clear from the copyright point of view (in any doubt ask the Canonical legal team) and must be in a form that Debian approves of. For javascript libraries that excludes minified variants. I'm not quite sure if it also includes non-minified variants that were built by some other tool as it's not the preferred form for making modifications. Those rules are important. Dependencies allow us to reuse code and get stuff done faster but they are not free lunch. We need to be responsible about making sure they are available to us. Ubuntu 16.04 is not that far away and to be there, without removing any feature we'd like to ship, we must plan ahead. That might involve reaching out to various legal teams. That might involve reaching out to the javascript packaging community in Debian to understand why some things are not being updated. That might involve actively working on removing any roadblocks so that our needs are served. Thanks ZK [1] https://code.launchpad.net/~sylvain-pineau/checkbox/ppa-packaging-plainbox-jinja2/+merge/248865 [2] https://code.launchpad.net/~sylvain-pineau/checkbox/ppa-packaging-checkbox-ng-jinja2/+merge/248867 -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~checkbox-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~checkbox-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
