Hello,
As the nodejs bundle libraries by default change proposal has worked
it's way through the process, a question came up that I'd like others
opinions on.
Some nodejs packages also provide javascript sub-packages. An example
is nodejs-underscore, also provides the js-underscore package.
What is the difference between the nodejs- and js- packages? The
nodejs packages provide "server side" libraries. They are in a place
that only your local server will see these libraries. The js-
packages provide "browser side" libraries. These are libraries that
are expected to be served by the web server to the users browsers.
Our nodejs proposal is supposed to only get rid of the server side
libraries. We (the Nodejs SIG) do not feel we should be messing with
the browser side (javascript) libraries. So, what to do.
For those nodejs libraries, that also provide javascript sub-packages,
and that do not fall under the "Packages that provide binaries that
users would want to use in their shell" clause:
- Remove the nodejs package, leaving only the js- sub-package.
So, for our example nodejs-underscore also provides js-underscore.
We would change the spec file so that it would only build js-underscore.
Does that seem like a good thing to do?
Troy
