Re: Bug#857994: Please don't remove npm from Stretch

2017-04-04 Thread Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer
tag 857994 pending thanks On martes, 4 de abril de 2017 12:27:00 -03 Niels Thykier wrote: [snip] > @QT/KDE maintainers: A timely upload for #857994 would greatly be > appreciated, so we can finish up this soon. It seems the people listed in Uploaders are kind of MIA and I was busy with non-Debi

Re: Please don't remove npm from Stretch

2017-04-04 Thread Niels Thykier
Jérémy Lal: > 2017-04-03 16:45 GMT+02:00 Niels Thykier : >> [...] >> >> @Jérémy Lal: Your call: >> >> * Are you willing to support npm for 3-5 years in stretch given its >>current state? >>- If yes, then tag the npm bug stretch-ignore or downgrade it >>- If no, then we will effectuate

Re: Please don't remove npm from Stretch

2017-04-03 Thread Jérémy Lal
2017-04-03 16:45 GMT+02:00 Niels Thykier : > Thomas Goirand: >> Hi, >> >> [...] >> > >> Also, removing such a non-leaf package at this point of the release is a >> way too late. IMO, a bug should have been opened a long time ago asking >> for an upgrade of the package. >> > > > Hi, > > I would (als

Re: Please don't remove npm from Stretch

2017-04-03 Thread Niels Thykier
Thomas Goirand: > Hi, > > [...] > > Also, removing such a non-leaf package at this point of the release is a > way too late. IMO, a bug should have been opened a long time ago asking > for an upgrade of the package. > Hi, I would (also) strongly prefer, if we got better at finding and dealin

Please don't remove npm from Stretch

2017-03-24 Thread Thomas Goirand
Hi, I very much don't agree with the set of arguments in the #857986 bug report. Npm can be used for a large amount of things, of which may not include downloading and installing the very latest version of a Javascript module. Therefore, the package is still useable for a wide set of functionaliti