Quoting Raphael Hertzog (2020-12-17 13:16:14) > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > 4/ analyze what yarn/npm would do during build, and translate that > > into existing Debian Nodejs packages and actual need for custom > > work. In the JavaScript team we use this page as starting point for > > analyzing large projects: > > https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Nodejs/Tasks > > Out of curiosity, I have run your script on the package.json file of > greenbone-security-assistant and this just confirms that it's not > realistic to package everything separately: > https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Nodejs/Tasks/gsa Nice. Doesn't look like an impossible task to me. > Even if you package everything, you will never ever have the right > combination of version of the various packages. What is possible to auto-compute is a coarse view of the work needed. In reality, most Nodejs modules declare too tight versioning for their dependencies, and in many cases it is adequate that a module is packaged even if not at the version declared as required. A concrete example is "ansi-styles" which is most likely working just fine in version 4.x. Also, some build-dependencies are for development purposes other than strictly compiling the code - e.g. for benchmarking or producing test coverage reports. A concrete example is "eslint-config-prettier" which is a lint-checker with a specific bias. It is not strictly needed to lint-check code, but a good idea to do so especially if messing with it through patches - but then the more generic non-biased lint-checker eslint can in many cases be used instead. Also, the script fails to detect virtual packages. A concrete example is "@types/jest" provided in virtual package "node-types-jest". Also, the script lists dependencies multiple times. See e.g. "shape" appearing twice (skipping its dependencies at its second entry), and "d3-shape" is listed several times. In your original post you seemingly already ruled out proper packaging as a premise, and it seems you continue to use absolutes like "everything" and "never". I find that discouraging - plase consider a less negative tone. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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