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From: Nicolas Bock <nicolasbock@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] JavaScript packages?
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2016 08:21:05
Message-Id: 7f86c64e-cb18-1f9c-844b-b68371995fd9@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] JavaScript packages? by Daniel Campbell
1 On 07/04/2016 10:15 AM, Daniel Campbell wrote:
2 > On 07/04/2016 12:57 AM, Nicolas Bock wrote:
3 >> Hi,
4 >>
5 >> I would like to package a code that depends on JavaScript packages. The
6 >> suggested installation procedure from upstream involves running `npm
7 >> install ...`. How do we (or do we?) deal with JavaScript packages?
8 >>
9 >> Best,
10 >>
11 >> Nick
12 >>
13 > The better question to ask is "what does this program need in order to
14 > function?" If it installed through 'npm', that's going to point to Node.
15 > Whatever format Node uses for its packages, you should read it and find
16 > out if it requires anything else besides Node. If other Node packages
17 > are needed, they may be in the tree already.
18 >
19 The program runs without JS. However, it can also run a server that
20 provides a UI through a browser. That's the part that requires the JS.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] JavaScript packages? Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>