[dev] minified Javascript code in Horde

[Ralf Lang]

Hi Mike,

Am 11.05.2020 um 11:56 schrieb Mike Gabriel:
> 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).
>
> 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?
>
> Greets,
> Mike
>
Hi Mike,

updating things like jQuery (only used in the mobile views AFAIR) can be tricky, especially as you will jump major versions ahead and the effects are only visible in interactive testing in the browser. It's possible though. 
The minifying is not so much a problem as Horde can do that "on the fly" during runtime.  However I wonder how debian would handle any JS produced by a modern typescript pipeline where the verbatim typescript is not ready to run and the resulting JS is always derived.


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