Hi Paul, Quoting Paul Gevers (2016-10-07 14:09:43) > I am about to add some JavaScript binary packages to Debian, but I was > really wondering what the current ideas are with respect to source > packages. There are a lot of jquery plugins packaged in the > jquery-goodies package, but also several (a lot?) of plugins are > packaged separately. What is the current consensus: should new plugins > be packages via the jquery-goodies package or stand-alone or does it > depend? Are there reasons to choose one or the other?
You should track each upstream project. Easiest way to do that is to package each (real!) upstream as a separate Debian source package. You might alternatively track indirectly either via an intermediate pseudo-upstream or via bundling multiple upstream into a single Debian source package - but I doubt that will work reliably, and continue to do so over time. And I doubt it works well for current bundle packages! > A relate question: JavaScripts are often "combined" with Grunt. What > is the current status/stance of including those in Debian. I am > normally of the opinion that everything should be build from source, > but I can also be somewhat pragmatic if required. JavaScript that is > combined is still very readable and changeable and I have the idea > that there is a lot of JavaScript in Debian that isn't "build from > source". You must include source. Easiest way to do that is to only include source - i.e. the form preferred by (real!) upstream as basis for their development. You might alternatively ensure in other ways that source is included, e.g. by build-depending on other packages shipping the source and implementing build rules checking that processing (minifying, concatenation, whatever) of both real source and your included files produce identical result. But I am highly sceptical that it will be simpler, or that you can come up with an approach that ftpmasters, release managers, and Debian in general will agree complies with DFSG if/when they actually look closely at what you implement (but obviously you might succeed at first with getting it into Debian if they don't). Hope that helps. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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