On 03/07/2023 16:41, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:

Would it be possible to ensure that Node packages contain only actual source
code, as in “the preferred form for making modifications” (quote from GNU GPL,
I forget which version)?

The simple answer is maybe in principle but in practice it's
very hard as numerous previous threads will tell you.

The tar balls from the npmjs registry which constitute the
released versions of node packages frequently contain such
things often without the original source or any of the tooling
to build from it.

The alternative is packaging from the upstream git but even
then, and even if it is well maintained with version tags, there
are often huge dependency chains to get all the tools needed to
actually do the builds.

Tom

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