On 15-Dec-2016, Loic Dachary wrote:

> On 12/15/2016 11:09 AM, Ben Finney wrote:

> > So we'll need to seek another solution. I think correct solutions
> > would include:
> > 
> > * Remove the dependency. If the state of that code is as bad as
> >   you say, this would be a good option; I hope we'll find that
> >   it's not as dire as you portray above.
> > 
> > * Make the dependency optional. This is recorded in the
> >   Coverage.py issue tracker 
> > <URL:https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issues/279/>.
> > 
> > * Bring Coverage.py forward to use the latest API for
> >   ‘jquery.hotkeys’.
> > 
> > There may be other options. What are your thoughts?
> 
> The better option would be to have automated tests verifying the
> differences between the upstream files and the dependencies do not
> introduce regressions or behavior changes.

That's a good suggestion.

Even with that, though, we would still have no resolution to the bug
you've reported. Can you speak to what resolution you expect? One of
the ones I listed above, or something else?

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Ben Finney <bign...@debian.org>

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