[dev] minified Javascript code in Horde

[Jan Schneider]

Hi,

Zitat von Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de>:

> Hi all,
>
> I am currently in the process of re-upload all of Horde back to  
> Debian after it had been removed by the previous package maintainer.
>
> While doing this, I go over all the Horde source code and check its  
> compliance with Debian policy.
>
> I found several bundled + minified Javascript libraries that I'd  
> like to bring up here (with the potential goal of having them  
> exchanged to their non-minified counterparts).
>
> In Debian, I must not use minified JS files, and strictly said, I  
> need to repack the upstream tarballs and drop all minified code.
>
> For these Horde components / JS bundles I could find a work around solution:
>
> Horde_Core: OpenLayer.js (solution in Debian: I use OpenLayer-debug.js)
> Horde_Core: jquery.mobile.min.css (solution in Debian: I grabbed the  
> non-minified
>     counterpart from upstream and ship that instead)
> Horde_Mime_Viewer: some of the syntaxhighlighter (3.0.83) Javascript  
> files are
>     minified (but there is an src/ folder in Horde_Mime_Viewer)
>
> For this, I came up with a solution, I need feedback on:
>
> Horde: Ships a bundled and minified version of plupload 1.5.1+
>
> My solution for the plupload bundle was to drop the plupload 1.5.1+  
> shipped in Horde's source entirely and inject a plupload 1.5.3 from  
> upstream. Shipping old and unmaintained code in Debian is  
> suboptimal, so I wonder, if plupload is used at all in Horde theses  
> days and if also the latest upstream version of plupload would work  
> instead (2.3.6). Problematic with latest plupload might also be the  
> fact that its license got changed to AGPL-3+ (thus, one has to  
> provide the exact used copy of plupload for download ttw).

Regarding pupload, I'm pretty sure that it's still being used in  
Ansel. At least it was in earlier versions.

> All in all, I've seen many other 3rd party Javascript libraries with  
> old versions bundled in Horde. Is there any chance of getting those  
> updated sooner or later?

The problem is obviously with libraries that have newer major versions  
i.e. that breack backward compatibility. Depending on the library, it  
might be a lot of work to up get Horde up-to-date with those. And in  
some cases it might not be possible without breaking BC within Horde  
too. It has to be judged on a case-by-case basis.

-- 
Jan Schneider
The Horde Project
https://www.horde.org/