PR#1370: Node.js: permit pre-minified JS - packaging-committee

Stephen Gallagher • 4 months ago

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		`The upstream Node.js stance on https://nodejs.org/en/blog/npm/npm-1-0-global-vs-local-installation/[global library packages] is that they are ".. best avoided if not needed." In Fedora, we take the same stance with our nodejs packages. You can provide a package that uses nodejs, but you should bundle all the nodejs libraries that are needed.`

		`+ Packages containing JavaScript should make the best effort to regenerate any precompiled/pre-minimized JS wherever possible, as this leads to more maintainable packages. Where this would result in a significant hardship, the bundled pregenerated JS may be shipped with a specfile comment explaining the decision. This does not eliminate the requirement to validate licenses of bundled code. See <<Bundled Licenses>> below.`
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		`== What to Package`

		`* The interpreter, development headers/libraries, and the assorted tools to manage project-level installations.`