Quoting Jérémy Lal (2022-04-09 16:07:50)
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 2:21 PM Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > The binary package node-d3 depends on nodejs.
> >
> > Dependencies are directional: Packages with code that _calls_ other
> > code should depend on the package providing that other code, but
> > packages providing code _called_ from other code should *not*
> > declare a dependency.
> >
> > It seems the package node-d3 contains only library code, no
> > executables, and it is therefore highly unlikely that the dependency
> > is needed.
> >
> > Concretely the depenency is painful when using the library code with
> > other JavaScript interpreters, most notably loading the code int a
> > web browser.
> >
> > Please drop the dependency unless really needed.
> >
> > (...and do so for all other node-d3* packages as well)
> >
>
> node-d3 is supposed to be required from nodejs,
> isn't libjs-d3 meant to be used for browsers ?
A node-* package can provide a libjs-* package.
Regardless of interpreters the code is usable for, it is still wrong to
declare a dependency on the/an interpreter: Wrong direction!
- Jonas
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