Re: why is npm not in debian-backports ?
On Wed, 24 Oct 2018, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list.
>
> A big shout-out to Praveen for maintaining npm and the loads of
> node-related packages.
>
> I was documenting a mozilla add-on
>
> https://github.com/RequestPolicyContinued/requestpolicy/wiki/Build-Requirements
>
> when I was made aware that npm is not in backports.
>
> While looking at the mails on debian-backports mailing list, saw
> Praveen's mail -
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports/2018/10/msg00069.html
>
> Now from I understand, Debian Stretch will get support all the way till 2022.
>
> >From https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
>
> Now the important link of his mail is/was -
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Nodejs/NEW
>
> I also looked at the number of depends in npm and it comes to 79 including
> ca-certificates.
>
> It is possible that another 4-5 packages might be needed as build-depends.
>
> I do understand that ftp-masters is an ongoing resource issue as shared by him.
>
> Before mailing, I also tried to figure out what the rules for Backports are
> but the wiki about Backports is silent on the issue -
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/Backports
>
> There are couple of lines in the FAQ though which talks about the rules -
>
> https://backports.debian.org/FAQ/
>
> Q: Why are there no more backports of Mozilla products anymore?
>
> A: Backports of Mozilla products (Firefox, Thunderbird, Seamonkey; aka
> Iceweasel, Icedove, Iceape) are maintained by the Debian Mozilla Team
> independently on mozilla.debian.net, because the offered variety of
> version exceeds what is possible within the rules for Debian Backports
> as it e.g. includes backports of packages not yet in testing or beta
> and even alpha releases.
>
> Is that the gist of the rules or is something more. If it's just this
> I could add this
> to the backports wiki worded a bit differently saying the same or are
> there any more
> rules guiding backports which are not documented but known or documented but
> in a mail somewhere.
>
> Looking forward to know more.
I fail to understand most of your mail. However, all relevant rules are
documented in our Contribution document.
https://backports.debian.org/Contribute/. Basically it boils down to: source
for backports is testing.
Alex
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