Quoting Pirate Praveen (2020-12-03 12:29:11) > On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 11:53, Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Please use Debbugs... > > > > Debian has an issue tracker called debbugs. Despite its name it can > > also track other kinds of issues than bugs, including the interest > > and eventual preliminary work preparing a new package, before the > > package is added to Debian. Such issues are tracked by filing a > > bugreport against the psudo-packae "wnpp" with a type of either > > "RFP" or "ITP". See more details at > > https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ > > > > Please track new packages in Debbugs! > > > > Today I wasted time creating a package apparently already in > > preparation for several years, because it was not tracked in > > Debbugs. I have moved aside that old work - please those involved > > in that mess cherry-pick anything sensible and then delete the git > > repo: https://salsa.debian.org/js-team/node-serialize-javascript.old > > This package was rejected because it was considered too small by ftp > masters. > > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-javascript-devel/2018-September/028329.html > > > > It is documented at https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Nodejs/NEW > > and there was an ITP at that time > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=885137 which was > closed after it was rejected. > > apt-file find node_modules/serialize-javascript > > is a good way to find already embedded modules and probably a nice > addition to npm2deb search.
Ftpmaster rejects tiny *source* packages, not *virtual* packages: Hiding generally useful Nodejs modules is a horrible packaging pattern. Code projects in Debian should be registered with dpkg! I have filed bug#976331 about this specifically. Please fix other similar ones as well. - 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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