Bug#872944: #872944 www.debian.org: Remove JavaScript from Policy Manual published on web mirrors

>>>>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:33:50 +0200, Holger Wansing <[email protected]> said:


    > The second javascript functionality is the full-text search.

    > Please note, that I made use of javascript by intend, despite of this bug 
    > requesting to remove all js functionality.
Hi holger,

in the past we tried to avoid javascript, but that's long time ago
(like 7 years) and nowadays I see no reason to do web pages without it
if we loose functionality.

So please go ahead and use js. I think the search function is very important.

I think it's important not to load js code on our pages from an
external URL, but to provide it from our web servers (selfhosted).

    > Please note, that this decision is not only for debian-policy, but for
    > all sphinx-based manuals on Debian website.
    > (I hope we don't make different decisions on this question for the 
    > various manuals we have. That would make the implentation once again
    > more difficult.)
All sphinx-based manuals can use js from my point of view. There's no
reason to handle some manuals differently.


    > What should be done now?
Close the bug that request to remove all js functionality (#876241).