]] Vincent Bernat > 1. package the whole Grunt ecosystem (and maintain it), > 2. cripple their package by substituting some components by a non-working > version in Debian or, > 3. ship a pre-compiled/minified version of the library with sources. > > I know this sucks, but if I have to pick my poison, I'll pick the last > one. I have tried the second solution in the past, nobody wins (more > work for the maintainer, more bugs, unhappy users).
In that case, just ship it in contrib until it (or the community) is at a maturity level where packaging it will work well. «Free software that requires software outside of Debian to build» -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are
