Bug#1081066: ITP: libjs-htmx -- framework for performing various javascript actions from html

[Andrea Pappacoda]

On Mon Sep 9, 2024 at 9:35 AM CEST, Jonathan Carter wrote:

I went with libjs-htmx, it's now in unstable.

Wow, that was quick!

This installs the htmx binary to:
/usr/share/javascript/htmx/htmx.min.js.gz

I'm not an expert when it comes to JavaScript (and that's in part why
I like htmx), and know even less about JavaScript policies in Debian.
But, wouldn't installing a gzipped file create issues? Can I directly
include it into a browser?

Yes, browsers support gz decompression, and the decompression doesn't cause any noticeable overhead.

I'm of course aware of that :)



   <script src="/usr/share/javascript/htmx/htmx.min.js.gz"></script>

And, after checking, that's indeed not possible.



   $ dpkg --listfiles libjs-jquery | grep javascript/
   /usr/share/javascript/jquery
   /usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.js
   /usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.min.js
   /usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.min.js.brotli
   /usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.min.js.gz
   /usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.min.map
   /usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.min.map.brotli
   /usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.min.map.gz

   $ dpkg --listfiles libjs-highlight.js | grep javascript/ | grep -v styles
   /usr/share/javascript/highlight.js
   /usr/share/javascript/highlight.js/highlight.js
   /usr/share/javascript/highlight.js/highlight.min.js

Thanks! Bye :)

What I meant is that browsers support gzip decompression only as part as the HTTP spec, and I feared that it wouldn't be possible to directly include the js file without using a webserver, with something like: Could you please ship both a compressed and an uncompressed version of the file? libjs-jquery does this, while libjs-highlight-js only ships uncompressed files:

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