On 03/13/2014 11:45 PM, Vincent Bernat wrote: > ❦ 12 mars 2014 22:26 CET, Ben Finney <ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au> : > >>> The javascript world is difficult to deal with. They like embedded >>> copies, they may not really care about API/ABI stability, even for big >>> projects. Those are difficulties that we already have to deal with. We >>> already work around them by using Debian package when possible but >>> this makes the software we ship more buggy because we don't match the >>> exact version that upstream uses. >> >> Right. This can only really improve by addressing the general problems >> you describe in that paragraph, which itself requires collaborating with >> upstream to join with us in expecting better interoperability from JS >> library developers. > > In the past, we have seen it is useless to try to convince an upstream > they should do like we want to. We should wait for them to notice that > this is the way to go or they will just start some hate campaign about > how slow and deprecated we are.
In my experience, this really depends on upstream, and you shouldn't generalize that much. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5323bb98.8020...@debian.org
