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[Bjorn Tillenius <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 02:47:41AM +0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
> launchpad-developer-dependencies depends on spidermonkey-bin. This
> package has been removed from lucid.
> 
> It provided one binary, smjs, a javascript shell. Grepping the
> Launchpad source finds nothing using this command.
> 
> The relevant changelog entry in which this was added was:
> 
> launchpad-dependencies (0.35) intrepid; urgency=low
> 
>   * New deps: python-cherrypy3 and spidermonkey-bin
> 
>  -- Launchpad package maintainers <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:35:06 -0300
> 
> Does anyone know why it was added, and if we may remove it?

Lazr-js uses it for jslint. It uses it indirectly, though. It uses
/usr/bin/js, which points to /etc/alternatives/js, which points to
/usr/bin/smjs.


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