Quoting Pirate Praveen (2020-09-06 15:12:59) > > > On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 15:04, Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> wrote: > > a) node-* packages _only_ shipping nodejs library code should _not_ > > depend on nodejs. > > > > Sounds good, may be we should change npm2deb to make it default as well.
I don't use npm2deb myself, but I encourage making such change. > > c) node-* packages shipping both nodejs library code and a > > user-facing non-essential executable should _recommend_ nodejs. > > I don't think we should recommend nodejs as excluding nodejs requires > a conscious choice since installing recommends is default in apt. > Suggests should be sufficient in my opinion. Even if non-essential, CTTE ruling says it should "normally work": >* When a package containing user-facing executable programs is installed, > those executables should normally work: that is, their dependencies > should usually be sufficient to run the executables. > > - Exception: if the package collects multiple executables, it is OK for > less-critical executables (those outside the core functionality of > the package) to have additional dependencies that are only Recommends > or Suggests for the package. devscripts is a good example of this. > > - Exception: executables in /usr/share/doc/*/examples may have > additional dependencies I can only interpret "should normally work" to mean that interpreter should be either recommended or a dependency (suggesting is not enough). That interpretation is in line with Debian Policy ยง 7.2: > The Recommends field should list packages that would be found together > with this one in all but unusual installations. > > d) node-* packages shipping both nodejs library code and a > > user-facing essential executable should ship the executable in a > > _separate_ non-library package which depends on the library package > > and nodejs, and the node-* package should _not_ depend on nodejs. > > I don't think ftp masters will accept that, but your mileage may vary. They already did, e.g. for packages uglifyjs.terser and uglifyjs. - 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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