Re: Bug#754551: ITP: node-ms -- milliseconds conversion utility
On 12 July 2014 15:15, Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 12:55:02PM +0200, Leo Iannacone wrote:
>> On 12 July 2014 12:35, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
>> > l3on@ubuntu.com wrote:
>> >>Package: wnpp
>> >>Severity: wishlist
>> >>Owner: Leo Iannacone <l3on@ubuntu.com>
>> >>X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
>> >>
>> >>* Package name : node-ms
>> >> Version : 0.6.2
>> >> Upstream Author : Guillermo Rauch <rauchg@gmail.com>
>> >>* URL : https://github.com/guille/ms.js
>> >>* License : Expat
>> >> Programming Lang: JavaScript
>> >> Description : milliseconds conversion utility - Node.js module
>> >> This module provides a tiny milliseconds conversion utility able to
>> >> transorm a string with a valid time unit to the equivalent number
>> >> of milliseconds and vice versa.
>> >> .
>> >> Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
>> >>
>> >> .
>> >> Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
>> >
>> > I've seen ITPs for a massive set of tiny-looking node libraries go
>> > past on -devel in the last few months, so I thought it was about time
>> > I looked at one. I'm a bit worried by what I've seen, considering
>> > typical discussions in the past about really small packages.
>> >
>> > tack:~/debian/ms.js$ ls -al
>> > total 52
>> > drwxr-xr-x 4 steve users 4096 Jul 12 11:29 ./
>> > drwxr-xr-x 112 steve users 4096 Jul 12 11:29 ../
>> > drwxr-xr-x 8 steve users 4096 Jul 12 11:29 .git/
>> > -rw-r--r-- 1 steve users 13 Jul 12 11:29 .gitignore
>> > -rw-r--r-- 1 steve users 53 Jul 12 11:29 .npmignore
>> > -rw-r--r-- 1 steve users 1026 Jul 12 11:29 History.md
>> > -rw-r--r-- 1 steve users 1097 Jul 12 11:29 LICENSE
>> > -rw-r--r-- 1 steve users 110 Jul 12 11:29 Makefile
>> > -rw-r--r-- 1 steve users 814 Jul 12 11:29 README.md
>> > -rw-r--r-- 1 steve users 223 Jul 12 11:29 component.json
>> > -rw-r--r-- 1 steve users 2025 Jul 12 11:29 index.js
>> > -rw-r--r-- 1 steve users 360 Jul 12 11:29 package.json
>> > drwxr-xr-x 2 steve users 4096 Jul 12 11:29 test/
>> >
>> > tack:~/debian/ms.js$ wc -l index.js
>> > 111 index.js
>> >
>> > Am I missing something, or is the working code in this package really
>> > just 111 lines? Why isn't this bundled up into something more
>> > reasonable in size for the packaging system?
>>
>> No,
>> you're right. It is really small.
>>
>> But, after discussing this in JavaScript team we ended up that it is
>> better have separated packages, instead of having a big
>> "nodejs-common" (or whatever) package, in order to properly track
>> upstream releases individually.
>
> How much do you think it will change in the foreseeable future? If
> there are frequent changes to those 111 lines, I am buying your
> argument, but if we are talking about 1-2 updates a year, a js-bundle
> package (which itself could be updated every couple of weeks unless
> major bugs or security issues pop up) might be more worthwhile.
>
>
> Michael
I have no idea about how frequently upstream will release a new
version.. I think 1-2 updates per year as you said.
Anyway I still prefer manage modules separately, I don't see any
reason to make a "common" package..
And common to what? Node.js?? Express framework (since these are all
dependencies for it)?
It makes no sense -at least- to me.
Best,
Leo.
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