Bug#963112: [Pkg-javascript-devel] node-katex_0.10.2+dfsg-2_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>]

Hello,

On Tue 23 Jun 2020 at 01:47AM +02, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

> Quoting Sean Whitton (2020-06-22 23:26:37)
>> Would someone want to use libjs-katex without nodejs installed?
>
> Yes: Pandoc can produce output which uses katex rendered with the
> Javascript interpreter of web browsers, not on OS-bound Javascript
> rendering like Node.js.
>
> Currently Pandoc suggests node-katex, but pulling in Node.js is unneeded
> baggage.  For some users it may even be bad: Node.js may not be covered
> by security support for as long as Firefox (due to the extraordinary
> treatment of Firefox in stable Debian).

Thanks.  I think at this point we probably need to wait to hear from
Bastian, who processed the REJECT.  In the meantime, it would be good to
reupload with the reason for the binary package split documented, as
previously described.

-- 
Sean Whitton