Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-09-01 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Didier 'OdyX' Raboud > There are _plenty_ of changes that one needs to care about in a stable > upgrade: things like mandatory postfixing of Apache configuration files, > removal > of specific Python3 versions, removal of upstart, etc. Having to change a > shebang isn't a big deal given th

Bug#862051: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#754462: Bug#754462: Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-09-01 Thread Bastien Roucaries
Le 1 septembre 2017 14:16:14 GMT+02:00, Mattia Rizzolo a écrit : >On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 11:41:36AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: >> One thing you I would consider is that it would be nice if scripts in >> Debian packages were made more portable to other distros. So Debian >> packages should grad

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#754462: Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-09-01 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 11:41:36AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > One thing you I would consider is that it would be nice if scripts in > Debian packages were made more portable to other distros. So Debian > packages should gradually change to use /usr/bin/node. I am very > conservative about these

Re: Bug#754462: Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-09-01 Thread Ian Jackson
Jérémy Lal writes ("Re: Bug#754462: Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium"): > So, a short NEWS entry explaining /usr/bin/node is now available by default, > and that /usr/bin/nodejs will stay available indefinitely ? > Or even nothing and just a c

Re: Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-09-01 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Thursday, 31 August 2017 13:08:58 CEST Sam Hartman wrote: > There are cases where people mix stderr and stdout. There are cases > where people treat any unexpected output on stderr as a failure in > automated scripts. I rest my case. Thanks for the explanation. :-) All the best

Re: Bug#754462: Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-09-01 Thread Jérémy Lal
2017-08-31 19:08 GMT+02:00 Sam Hartman : > > "Dominique" == Dominique Dumont writes: > > Dominique> On Thursday, 31 August 2017 13:58:23 CEST Thorsten Glaser > wrote: > >> > How about printing a "nice" warning explaining it would be a > >> good idea to > move to /usr/bin/node ? >

Re: Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-31 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Dominique" == Dominique Dumont writes: Dominique> On Thursday, 31 August 2017 13:58:23 CEST Thorsten Glaser wrote: >> > How about printing a "nice" warning explaining it would be a >> good idea to > move to /usr/bin/node ? >> >> That will break scripts that do: >>

Bug#862051: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#754462: Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-31 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Julien" == Julien Puydt writes: Julien> Hi, Le 31/08/2017 à 13:52, Jérémy Lal a écrit : >> How about printing a "nice" warning explaining it would be a good >> idea to move to /usr/bin/node ? Then in next next release drop >> the nodejs symlink. Julien> May I suggest t

Re: Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-31 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Thursday, 31 August 2017 13:58:23 CEST Thorsten Glaser wrote: > > How about printing a "nice" warning explaining it would be a good idea to > > move to /usr/bin/node ? > > That will break scripts that do: > > x=$(nodejs somescript) This kind of script won't break if the deprecation warning is

Bug#862051: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#754462: Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-31 Thread Julien Puydt
Hi, Le 31/08/2017 à 13:52, Jérémy Lal a écrit : > How about printing a "nice" warning explaining it would be a good idea to > move to /usr/bin/node ? Then in next next release drop the nodejs symlink. May I suggest to have /usr/bin/nodejs print a nice deprecation warning to use /usr/bin/node, and

Bug#862051: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#754462: Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-31 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017, Julien Puydt wrote: > May I suggest to have /usr/bin/nodejs print a nice deprecation warning > to use /usr/bin/node, and just *never* remove it? On Thu, 31 Aug 2017, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le jeudi, 31 août 2017, 13.52:00 h CEST Jérémy Lal a écrit : > > How about pri

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-31 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le jeudi, 31 août 2017, 13.58:23 h CEST Thorsten Glaser a écrit : > Do not drop it before *after* the next release, so people have, > at the very least, one full release of time to switch their > scripts in a way that works with both the old and new names > *first*, gradually. They have Stretch fo

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-31 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le jeudi, 31 août 2017, 12.25:50 h CEST Ian Jackson a écrit : > Philip Hands writes ("Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium"): > > I guess that one could do something like moving the symlink into another > > -legacy style package, and recomend t

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-31 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017, Jérémy Lal wrote: > How about printing a "nice" warning explaining it would be a good idea to > move to /usr/bin/node ? That will break scripts that do: x=$(nodejs somescript) Or even ./somescript when that has a #!/usr/bin/env nodejs shebang. > Then in next next release d

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-31 Thread Jérémy Lal
2017-08-31 13:25 GMT+02:00 Ian Jackson : > Philip Hands writes ("Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; > urgency=medium"): > > I guess that one could do something like moving the symlink into another > > -legasy style package, and recomend that from the main

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-31 Thread Ian Jackson
Philip Hands writes ("Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium"): > I guess that one could do something like moving the symlink into another > -legasy style package, and recomend that from the main package for one > release to keep upgrades h

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-31 Thread Philip Hands
Ian Jackson writes: > Jérémy Lal writes ("Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; > urgency=medium"): >> Maybe i didn't express myself properly: the idea is to keep /usr/bin/nodejs >> until it's no longer needed - be it other debian packages or

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Jérémy Lal writes ("Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium"): > Maybe i didn't express myself properly: the idea is to keep /usr/bin/nodejs > until it's no longer needed - be it other debian packages or other user > scripts. Earlier you sai

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-30 Thread Philip Hands
Jérémy Lal writes: > 2017-08-30 11:50 GMT+02:00 Philip Hands : > >> Jérémy Lal writes: >> >> > 2017-08-29 21:39 GMT+02:00 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud : >> > >> >> Le mardi, 29 août 2017, 17.46:22 h CEST Thorsten Glaser a écrit : >> >> > Leave /usr/bin/nodejs there for at least one more release. >> >> >

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-30 Thread Jérémy Lal
2017-08-30 11:50 GMT+02:00 Philip Hands : > Jérémy Lal writes: > > > 2017-08-29 21:39 GMT+02:00 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud : > > > >> Le mardi, 29 août 2017, 17.46:22 h CEST Thorsten Glaser a écrit : > >> > Leave /usr/bin/nodejs there for at least one more release. > >> > >> I'll just note for the purp

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-30 Thread Philip Hands
Jérémy Lal writes: > 2017-08-29 21:39 GMT+02:00 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud : > >> Le mardi, 29 août 2017, 17.46:22 h CEST Thorsten Glaser a écrit : >> > Leave /usr/bin/nodejs there for at least one more release. >> >> I'll just note for the purpose of the TC discussion that as of nodejs >> 6.11.2~dfsg-

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-30 Thread Jérémy Lal
2017-08-29 21:39 GMT+02:00 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud : > Le mardi, 29 août 2017, 17.46:22 h CEST Thorsten Glaser a écrit : > > Leave /usr/bin/nodejs there for at least one more release. > > I'll just note for the purpose of the TC discussion that as of nodejs > 6.11.2~dfsg-3 (the version currently in u

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-29 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mardi, 29 août 2017, 17.46:22 h CEST Thorsten Glaser a écrit : > Leave /usr/bin/nodejs there for at least one more release. I'll just note for the purpose of the TC discussion that as of nodejs 6.11.2~dfsg-3 (the version currently in unstable) , the /usr/bin/nodejs → node symlink still exists

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-29 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Tue, 29 Aug 2017, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > I'm quite convinced that large parts of the Node.js ecosystem will cope well > without any /usr/bin/nodejs available in stretch. > > So I'm not convinced it's really worth the trouble to keep it around for > another stable release; I'd probably

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-29 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Didier" == Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes: Didier> For good reasons, Debian forcibly introduced a special-case Didier> when Node.js first appeared in a stable release through only Didier> shipping it under /usr/bin/nodejs. That forced hundreds of Didier> projects to cope wit

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-29 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mardi, 29 août 2017, 12.32:19 h CEST Sam Hartman a écrit : > > "Thorsten" == Thorsten Glaser writes: > Thorsten> Hi, > > >> * Restore /usr/bin/node following CTTE #862051 Let's try to drop > >> /usr/bin/nodejs before buster. Replaces and Conflicts > >> nodejs-legacy. Clos

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-29 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Thorsten" == Thorsten Glaser writes: Thorsten> Hi, >> * Restore /usr/bin/node following CTTE #862051 Let's try to drop >> /usr/bin/nodejs before buster. Replaces and Conflicts >> nodejs-legacy. Closes: #754462. Thorsten> please do NOT completely replace an ABI betwee

Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

2017-08-29 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Hi, > * Restore /usr/bin/node following CTTE #862051 > Let's try to drop /usr/bin/nodejs before buster. > Replaces and Conflicts nodejs-legacy. > Closes: #754462. please do NOT completely replace an ABI between releases. Leave /usr/bin/nodejs there for at least one more release. Th