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Bug#863386: lintian: ‘libjs-fields-wrong-section’ should recommend “Section: javascript”



Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.50.3
Severity: normal

The ‘libjs-fields-wrong-section’ should now recommend that the package
declare “Section: javascript”.

The Debian archive for a long time had no dedicated section for
JavaScript™ packages. Historically, the recommended section for such
packages was the “web” section.

Since this year [0], the Debian archive has a “javascript” section for
packages. The synopsis of that section [1] is “JavaScript programming
language, libraries, and development tools.”

That section should now be what Lintian recommends for packages that
primarily install a JavaScript™ library.


[0] https://lists.debian.org/debian-dak/2017/01/msg00011.html
[1] https://packages.debian.org/unstable/

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Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>

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