Re: Request to join JS Team's Salsa group

[Yadd <yadd@debian.org>]

Hi,

please follow out doc (https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript).

Here are the vite dependencies (running dependencies, not build-deps):

$ pkgjs-depends vite
# vite@6.2.0
# 14 missing npm module(s) 

DEPENDENCIES:
  esbuild (esbuild)
  node-chokidar (chokidar)
  node-immutable (immutable)
  node-inquirer (rxjs)
  node-less (less)
  node-postcss (postcss, source-map-js)
  node-pre-gyp (detect-libc)
  node-stylus (stylus)
  node-supports-color (supports-color)
  node-terser (terser)
  node-yaml (yaml)
  nodejs (@types/node)
  rollup (rollup)

MISSING:
vite@6.2.0
 └── jiti (2.4.2)
 └── lightningcss (1.29.1)
 └── sass (1.85.1)
 └── sass-embedded (1.85.1)
     └── @bufbuild/protobuf (2.2.3)
     └── buffer-builder (0.2.0)
     └── colorjs.io (0.5.2)
     └── sync-child-process (1.0.2)
         └── sync-message-port (1.1.3)
     └── varint (6.0.0)
 └── sugarss (5.0.0)
 └── tsx (4.19.3)
     └── get-tsconfig (4.10.0)
         └── resolve-pkg-maps (1.0.0)


On 3/2/25 11:53, weepingclown wrote:
> Hi Maytham,
>
> Just FYI, I remember looking into vite's dependency list once, and it's 
> literally and endless blackhole. I couldn't find the end of nested 
> dependencies for even one of the deps after generating trees for hours, 
> and when I did for one after a long time, that package was last touched 
> 6-7y ago. So it will not only a lot of work, but also a huge maintenance 
> burden. You can get away with adding a lot of smaller deps as components 
> down the line, but it's still quite a lot. I wish you best of luck in 
> the packaging effort, but it'd be good to keep this in mind.
>
> Best,
> Ananthu
>
>
> On 2 March 2025 10:11:41 UTC, Maytham Alsudany <maytham@debian.org> wrote:
>
>     Hi JS Team,
>
>     I'd like to be added to the Javascript Team's Salsa group, my username
>     is @Maytha8. I want to look into packaging vite's dependencies.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Maytham