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Re: Minified javascripts in packages



 ❦ 15 avril 2015 13:47 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> :

>>>>>> What I have done so far in my package is to include the 
>>>>>> concatenated but unminified js from the upstream (that would be my 
>>>>>> upstream's upstream) source tarball in debian/missing-sources. 
>>>>>> During package build i use uglifyjs (which is already in Debian) 
>>>>>> to place minified copies where the app I'm building expects them 
>>>>>> to be.
>>>>>> As mentioned above, what constitutes preferred form of 
>>>>>> modification really is a question of who is doing the 
>>>>>> modification. Upstream uses the un-concatenated files, but 
>>>>>> personally, I would find it easier to modify one big file, at 
>>>>>> least for something interpreted like javascript.
>>>>>
>>>>> What counts is the form preferred by the authors of the code.
>>>> 
>>>> Who says that? We can't just invent new rules.
>>>
>>> That is exactly what we can - and do: We invented Debian Policy.
>>
>> Please, give a source. The Debian Policy doesn't say that what counts is
>> the form preferred by the authors of the code.
>
> Ahh, I thought you were talking about "we" as in Debian.
>
> Sorry for the misunderstanding: I agree that you and I cannot make up 
> new rules in the middle of this conversation.  Not sure if that helps 
> you in this conversation or elsewhere, but there you are.

Fair enough, I didn't understand your remark this way.
-- 
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time
to reform.
		-- Mark Twain

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