Hi Andres, On 12-06-14 at 10:37am, Andres Rodriguez wrote: > So, in order [for Ubuntu] to not differ with Debian, we were wondering > a few things: > > 1. Would it make sense to include versions in the installation paths? > (i.e. /usr/share/javascript/yui/2.8.2/*.js , > /usr/share/javascript/yui/3.5.1/*.js) > > 2. According to the YUI loader, the root path to be prep-ended to the > combo service is "<version>/build". For this reason, it also makes > sense for us to be using versioned installation paths. > > All of the above would mean a few things: > > 1. Adjusting current package to contain major versions (at least in > the binary package) > 2. Upload a new source package for any major version (i.e. 3.5.X) > > Given that we don't want to differ from Debian, and try to stick with > the policy, we were wondering what are your thoughts about this?
First of all: I strongly recommend that you join the Debian JavaScript team and treat Ubuntu as downstream of Debian. Maybe that's what you intend already, but that is not clear from above. It is my impression that upstream JavaScript projects only seldom deal with stable APIs. It generally makes little sense to second-guess API promises from version numbers. Only when explicitly promised upstream (like I seem to recall is the case for YUI in particular) it makes sense. And then it makes sense to track the part promised to be backwards-compatible (i.e. commonly either major number or a separate number, not the full version). Also, it probably is sufficient to introduce API versioning when multiple APIs are needed by applications. So all in all, I suggest to a) handle it on a case-by-case manner i.e. right now only specifically look at YUI (not draw general conclusions from that), b) leave current YUI packaging as-is and only introduce API subdir for the upcoming backwards-incompatible package, c) check upstream what promises they make about stability of their API and use that for the API subdir naming (and for package name). How does that sound? - 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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