[Bug 711196] Re: Javascript-common creates /javascript in global url namespace

[Simon Bazley]

This is still and issue, 2 years on.  If you install nodejs, it will
install javascript-common and break every site on the server.
Marvellous.

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Title:
  Javascript-common creates /javascript in global url namespace

Status in javascript-common package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in javascript-common package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: javascript-common

  The javascript-common package create a /javascript in the global url
  space of the webserver (apache2 in my case). This breaks all sites
  using a /javascript, which are quite common of course.

  If for some reason a package really must create an alias in the global
  namespace, make sure it uses something like /___debian/javascript or
  something else unlikely.

  Since it's impossible to use the /javascript namespace, all packages
  depending on javascript-common will break too (since on any normal
  production server you'll have to comment out the alias).

  It seems this package is designed for extremely simple web server
  installations where no virtual hosting is done. This is of course very
  uncommon.

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