Bug#940511: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#940511: yarnpkg: Package symlink yarn -> yarnpkg
Hi all, is there any news on this one ? I mean is this will be fixed on
current stable version of debian or maybe the next one ?
About popcon score, I think it could have another bias as lot of tooling
using yarn search a yarn binary and not yarnpkg. For example vue-cli
doesn't detect yarn with the debian package because of that. So we could
imagine that some users could remove this package or don't use it and
find another way to install yarn. (Even if a simpler workaround exists
: ln -s /usr/bin/yarnpkg /usr/bin/yarn)
On Tue, 26 May 2020 20:04:22 +0200 Paolo Greppi
wrote:
> See below ...
>
> On Wed, 20 May 2020 18:08:29 +0200 =?UTF-8?Q?Ma=C3=ABl_Nison?=
wrote:
> > Hi, I'm Maël, Yarn's lead maintainer.
> >
> > While cmdtest has a popcon score higher than the yarn package, it's
mostly
> > because Yarn isn't traditionally installed using the Debian
package. For
> > historical reasons the 1.x branch always updated it, but in general our
> > users install Yarn using it's "competitor", npm. The npm numbers give a
> > very different picture: Yarn is downloaded 6.1m times per month.
> >
> > There are currently talks to, potentially, ship symlinks for the
three main
> > package managers along with Node (npm, which is already there,
along with
> > Yarn and maybe pnpm). These plans aren't concrete yet, but a few people
> > think it's worth studying. In any case, the decision is expected to be
> > taken for Node 15, which will happen this year. To the extent
possible, I
> > think it could be wise (and very appreciated!) to consider renaming the
> > `yarn` binary from `cmdtest` before it risks becoming an actual
problem.
> >
> > As a last note, I pinged Lars Wirzenius (who I think was the original
> > cmdtest maintainer?), back in March '19. He mentioned having recently
> > retired, but seemed fairly supportive of the idea ("I've now
discussed the
> > name of our testing tool with its other developer and we will
likely change
> > the name of our program during the Debian buster+1 development cycle").
> >
> > Maël
>
> Hi Maël,
>
> thanks for the feedback and for your Debian contribution.
>
> I've added here the info on the bug that has to be addressed by the
cmdtest
> maintainer (if he agrees) for us to be able to fix this one.
>
> I'll also ping him.
>
> Paolo
>
>
Bug#940511: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#940511: yarnpkg: Package symlink yarn -> yarnpkg
See below ...
On Wed, 20 May 2020 18:08:29 +0200 =?UTF-8?Q?Ma=C3=ABl_Nison?=
wrote:
> Hi, I'm Maël, Yarn's lead maintainer.
>
> While cmdtest has a popcon score higher than the yarn package, it's mostly
> because Yarn isn't traditionally installed using the Debian package. For
> historical reasons the 1.x branch always updated it, but in general our
> users install Yarn using it's "competitor", npm. The npm numbers give a
> very different picture: Yarn is downloaded 6.1m times per month.
>
> There are currently talks to, potentially, ship symlinks for the three main
> package managers along with Node (npm, which is already there, along with
> Yarn and maybe pnpm). These plans aren't concrete yet, but a few people
> think it's worth studying. In any case, the decision is expected to be
> taken for Node 15, which will happen this year. To the extent possible, I
> think it could be wise (and very appreciated!) to consider renaming the
> `yarn` binary from `cmdtest` before it risks becoming an actual problem.
>
> As a last note, I pinged Lars Wirzenius (who I think was the original
> cmdtest maintainer?), back in March '19. He mentioned having recently
> retired, but seemed fairly supportive of the idea ("I've now discussed the
> name of our testing tool with its other developer and we will likely change
> the name of our program during the Debian buster+1 development cycle").
>
> Maël
Hi Maël,
thanks for the feedback and for your Debian contribution.
I've added here the info on the bug that has to be addressed by the cmdtest
maintainer (if he agrees) for us to be able to fix this one.
I'll also ping him.
Paolo
Bug#940511: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#940511: yarnpkg: Package symlink yarn -> yarnpkg
Control: tags -1 + wontfix Le Lundi, Septembre 16, 2019 16:02 CEST, Melvin Vermeeren a écrit: > Package: yarnpkg > Version: 1.13.0-1 > Severity: normal > > Upstream calls the binary itself yarn as yarnpkg appears to have been > deprecated. Packaging as yarnpkg for backwards-compatibility is > understandable, > though I believe a symlink yarn -> yarnpkg should be added as tools and > scripts > nowadays typically check only for yarn. > > For example a problem occurs when installing GitLab from source, it only > checks > for yarn during the rake task and complains it cannot be found. A local > symlink > /usr/local/bin/yarn -> /usr/bin/yarnpkg resolved the issue. > > (Alternatively, perhaps make yarn the primary installation and symlink the > legacy yarnpkg -> yarn.) > > Thanks. Debian has already a /usr/bin/yarn file given by cmdtest. cmdtest has a better "popcon" than yarnpkg, that's why we won't change this for now. Cheers, Xavier
