Bug#864743: unblock: nodejs/4.8.3~dfsg-1

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

retitle 864743 stretch-pu: package nodejs
user release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
usertags 864743 = pu
tags 864743 + stretch moreinfo
thanks

On Wed, 2017-06-14 at 00:40 +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote:
> Please unblock package nodejs
> 
> - it's a LTS upstream update from 4.8.2 to 4.8.3
> - it fixes #855018, #855018 to avoid test failures
> - it fixes #864735  with a Priority: optional on source package
> - it restores how upstream finds global nodejs modules:
>   /usr/lib/nodejs (as before) when executable is in /usr/bin/nodejs
>   /usr/local/lib/nodejs (not as before) when executable is in
>   /usr/local/bin/nodejs.
>   It was a bad idea to disable this in the first place.
> 
> I've excluded upstream changes concerning:
> - tests and their fixtures
> - html documentation
> - markdown documentation, changelog, readme, ...

Sorry this didn't get a reply before the release, although it was filed
very late in the process.

Converting to a proto-pu request so we can consider what might be
appropriate for an update in stable.

Regards,

Adam