Bug#1081066: ITP: libjs-htmx -- framework for performing various javascript actions from html

[Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org>]

Hi Andrea

On 2024-09-07 23:07, Andrea Pappacoda wrote:
> On Sat Sep 7, 2024 at 9:51 PM CEST, Jonathan Carter wrote:
> > * Package name    : libjs-htmx
>
> Should the source package be called htmx.js or libjs-htmx? According to
> <https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Policy>, browser only libraries
> should be called libjs-htmx, but since version 2.0.0 an ECMAScript
> Module is provided too.

I went with libjs-htmx, it's now in unstable.

> > This installs the htmx binary to:
> > /usr/share/javascript/htmx/htmx.min.js.gz
>
> I'm not an expert when it comes to JavaScript (and that's in part why
> I like htmx), and know even less about JavaScript policies in Debian.
> But, wouldn't installing a gzipped file create issues? Can I directly
> include it into a browser?

Yes, browsers support gz decompression, and the decompression doesn't 
cause any noticeable overhead.

-Jonathan