Bug#896846: ITP: node-compressjs -- fast pure-JavaScript compression/decompression algorithms

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>]

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On Wed 2018-04-25 00:59:12 +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote:
>> * Package name    : node-compressjs
>
> This software is not actively maintained, and not so much used.
> However, it seems there isn't any better replacement for bzip2-on-browsers.

i also note that the version of this that openpgp.js uses has some sort
of additional dependency on this patch series, which creates
bzip2.build.js:

  https://github.com/openpgpjs/compressjs/pull/1

This itself appears to add a build-time dependency on amdclean.  which
itself then adds a build-time dependency on the following NPM modules,
if i'm understanding the output of npm2deb correctly:

gulp-insert (~0.3.0)                              None
gulp-jasmine (~0.1.1)                             None
gulp-jshint (~1.3.2)                              None
gulp-uglify (~0.1.0)                              None
jasmine-node (~1.14.3)                            None
jasmine-only (~0.1.0)                             None

Am i understanding this right?  I feel like my attempt to package
javascript is turning into a hall of mirrors and i'm not able to easily
see the way out.

help much appreciated!

    --dkg