[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#731095: Please consider switching tablesorter to alternate upstream
Add one of the regular contributors to Mottie’s branch of TableSorter and I tell you that keep compete with the original is something we work very hard at. and we are pretty sure that we have done that over the years. We have contacted Christian (the original author) a few times over the years to combine or even accept our changes but we have had very little to no response form him and there has be no level on that branch for a very long time. As you can see from Mottie’s branch we are very active and fix bugs very fast. I can not say with 100% certainty that it won’t break anything at all but I’m pretty sure it won’t break any more then a normal upgrade would since it’s based on the original work from Christian. We are currently working on a 3rd version, it will get a new name and it’s a full rewrite that version will break compete but since we can not seem to cooperate with Christian on the original it just seems like a good ideas after all these years for trying. I hope this helps with the decision and I hope to see it in debian. As an alternative we could also add it in as an addition to the original. maybe in /usr/share/javascript/jquery-tablesorter-mottie/ then both versions would exist and allow for other maintainers to migrate at their own pace. An even more complex version with be to move the current one into /usr/share/javascript/jquery-tablesorter-original, and add a symlink to /usr/share/javascript/jquery-tablesorter so that we can replace the symlink to use hotties and once everyone is migrated we could move it there and drop the original. These are all just alternative suggestions of course and update-alternatives could be used to properly control it as well. Hope this helps and feel free to contact me with any questions on this branch or tablesorter. ___ Pkg-javascript-devel mailing list Pkg-javascript-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-javascript-devel
[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#731095: Please consider switching tablesorter to alternate upstream
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Le 2014-02-02 17:09, Iustin Pop a écrit : On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 08:54:17PM -0500, Jerome Charaoui wrote: Several packages in Debian depend on libjs-jquery-tablesorter. Are you confident that switching to a fork wouldn't negatively impact these packages? I'm definitely not confident of this, as I'm not familiar with the javascript packaging/versioning/upgrades policy. Hence why I asked the maintainer to _investigate_ this situation, as they have better knowledge than me on this front, not to simply switch over. I was asking in regards to the tablesorter plugin itself, not Debian policies, in the hope that you may be familiar with the differences between the two. Is the fork a drop-in replacement for the original plugin? Did it introduce incompatible changes, such as removing methods or properties? Etc. Thanks, -- Jerome -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJS79PSAAoJEK/ZGpI6kvtMw/EIAIc3c/I5Dz16SjoxD5s6BvUa O0MJkmw8XHChBzkx+R+Q26GvIegC0SB0AQQ5ZFcM+/BBaKe9DPSTTOew3cKX8ho6 mhwpmdC+zYOqKzo5As4BQloec29qH5f4fX4JSA2KXLGwE7GirE9axhE5pyi/+2xq 54TjpJtBeeYFTyEHFw6b1bjqfcJKcxSireL7X8KZRSSOvUKdUn5F4gv0hFTcIxLx u4vfaDZB6+iGVNHtnSDke2fHWAtVzV/FdjzLQ8Xa8DnnmkRrVzfEyKmJBf8L2cg1 fwG26IZgN5BDUvJdgRK/bv9k6VqCpgXZVjNZnRvQCu4eDpCtNvb5C4kk1EXgXU4= =GFbS -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Pkg-javascript-devel mailing list Pkg-javascript-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-javascript-devel
[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#731095: Please consider switching tablesorter to alternate upstream
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 08:54:17PM -0500, Jerome Charaoui wrote: Several packages in Debian depend on libjs-jquery-tablesorter. Are you confident that switching to a fork wouldn't negatively impact these packages? I'm definitely not confident of this, as I'm not familiar with the javascript packaging/versioning/upgrades policy. Hence why I asked the maintainer to _investigate_ this situation, as they have better knowledge than me on this front, not to simply switch over. thanks, iustin signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Pkg-javascript-devel mailing list Pkg-javascript-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-javascript-devel
[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#731095: Please consider switching tablesorter to alternate upstream
Package: libjs-jquery-tablesorter Version: 8-2 Severity: normal Hi, The current source for the tablesorter plugin seems to be the original one at http://tablesorter.com. However, this version hasn't been updated in more than 5 years, and in the meantime a fork has appeared at https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter that actually seems alive. Could you please investigate switching over to this one? It seems to fix many bugs and is maintained, so it might make sense to do so. Thanks! iustin -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.9.6-ruru (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=ro_RO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ro_RO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libjs-jquery-tablesorter depends on: ii libjs-jquery 1.7.2+dfsg-3 ii libjs-jquery-metadata 8-2 Versions of packages libjs-jquery-tablesorter recommends: ii javascript-common 11 libjs-jquery-tablesorter suggests no packages. -- no debconf information signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Pkg-javascript-devel mailing list Pkg-javascript-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-javascript-devel