On 19/07/2014, 2:52 PM, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> wrote:
>> Duncan,
>>
>> The Debian package "linter" claims that the included file
>>
>>     inst/WebGL/CanvasMatrix.js
>>
>> in your rgl package lacks source code.
>>
>> I know next to nothing about Javascript, and to me Javascript always appeared
>> to _be_ source code.
> No ti is minified javascript, not source code. You lose comments and
> variable name.

It's a "compiled" Javascript file -- minified, as Bastien says.  The
docs describe where to get the original source, and have a copy of the
copyright notice.  It's a very commonly included file in WebGL pages.

I'd rather not include the source, as it is redundant, and easily
available elsewhere.

Duncan Murdoch
>> The GNU file tool seems to agree
>>
>>     edd@max:~/src/debian/CRAN/rgl-0.93.1098$ file inst/WebGL/CanvasMatrix.js
>>     inst/WebGL/CanvasMatrix.js: ASCII text, with very long lines
>>     edd@max:~/src/debian/CRAN/rgl-0.93.1098$
>>
>> Do you have a good answer?
>>
>> I am CCing the (to me at least somewhat overzealous) Debian colleague who
>> filed this; maybe he has added insights. I am also ccing the bug report for
>> process; records are at http://bugs.debian.org/754715
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>> --
>> http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org


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