Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#877212: node-d3-color: B-D npm not available in testing

2017-10-05 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 02:42:30PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: On Oct 03, Gunnar Wolf wrote: So, contrib is _explicitly_ meant for software that does not meet the DFSG, not for random stuff that cannot be packaged for convenience or different issues. I am almost sure that

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#877212: node-d3-color: B-D npm not available in testing

2017-10-04 Thread Pirate Praveen
On ബുധന്‍ 04 ഒക്ടോബര്‍ 2017 09:27 രാവിലെ, Sean Whitton wrote: > This is not a fair response. > > If your work involved fixing bugs in software that is already in the > archive, you could quite fairly call others out for demanding changes, > but not being willing to put in the effort. > > In this

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#877212: node-d3-color: B-D npm not available in testing

2017-10-04 Thread Pirate Praveen
On ചൊവ്വ 03 ഒക്ടോബര്‍ 2017 11:04 വൈകു, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > I *do* take note, however, of: > > Examples of packages which would be included in contrib are: > > • free packages which require contrib, non-free packages or packages > which are not in our archive at all for compilation

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#877212: node-d3-color: B-D npm not available in testing

2017-10-03 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Pirate Praveen dijo [Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 12:12:54PM +0530]: > > I am completely with Sean here; I read the following messages, and am > > happy a better resolution was found. But, FWIW, I'll support Sean's > > interpretation - Contrib and non-free are *not* places where we can > > happily breach

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#877212: node-d3-color: B-D npm not available in testing

2017-10-03 Thread Pirate Praveen
On ചൊവ്വ 03 ഒക്ടോബര്‍ 2017 10:10 രാവിലെ, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > I am completely with Sean here; I read the following messages, and am > happy a better resolution was found. But, FWIW, I'll support Sean's > interpretation - Contrib and non-free are *not* places where we can > happily breach any bits

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#877212: node-d3-color: B-D npm not available in testing

2017-10-02 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Sean Whitton dijo [Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 12:10:54PM -0700]: > > The whole purpose of having contrib and non-free is to host packages > > that can't be in main, either permanently or temporarily. I fail to > > see how it is against the spirit. > > To my mind, at least, the purpose of contrib and

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#877212: node-d3-color: B-D npm not available in testing

2017-10-01 Thread Pirate Praveen
On ഞായര്‍ 01 ഒക്ടോബര്‍ 2017 01:21 രാവിലെ, Sean Whitton wrote: > Hello, > > On Sat, Sep 30 2017, Christian Seiler wrote: > >> Ack. Wouldn't it be preferable to just include a copy of the prebuilt >> node-d3-color "binary" alongside its actual source tarball and have >> debian/rules just copy the

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#877212: node-d3-color: B-D npm not available in testing

2017-09-30 Thread Christian Seiler
On 09/30/2017 09:10 PM, Sean Whitton wrote: > On Sun, Oct 01 2017, Pirate Praveen wrote: >> Packaging of rollup is stuck [1] and I can make progress with gitlab >> package with node-d3-color in contrib. Quite a lot of work can happen >> even with gitlab in contrib, like making sure everything is

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#877212: node-d3-color: B-D npm not available in testing

2017-09-30 Thread Pirate Praveen
On 09/30/2017 09:26 PM, Sean Whitton wrote: > To my mind, this complies with the letter of Policy but not its spirit. The whole purpose of having contrib and non-free is to host packages that can't be in main, either permanently or temporarily. I fail to see how it is against the spirit. > Could

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#877212: node-d3-color: B-D npm not available in testing

2017-09-30 Thread Bastien Roucaries
Le 29 septembre 2017 19:34:24 GMT+02:00, "Jérémy Lal" a écrit : >2017-09-29 19:24 GMT+02:00 Andreas Beckmann : > >> Package: node-d3-color >> Version: 1.0.3-1 >> Severity: serious >> Justification: Build-Depends not satisfiable in testing >> Control: block

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#877212: node-d3-color: B-D npm not available in testing

2017-09-30 Thread Pirate Praveen
On വെള്ളി 29 സെപ്റ്റംബര്‍ 2017 11:04 വൈകു, Jérémy Lal wrote: > > Build-Depending on npm is a sign something very wrong, policy-breaking, > is happening, like downloading a npm module during build. Hence this is in contrib and not main (hence complying with policy), and this is a temporary step