* Package name    : zotero
  Version         : 7.0.32
  Upstream Contact: Dan Stillman
* URL             : https://github.com/zotero/zotero
* License         : AGPLv3
  Programming Lang: Javascript
  Description     : Stores and synchronizes a bibliography between multiple
users

This package would provide the end-user GUI tool that can be used to manipulate
a collection of documents.
It is mature software that would be convenient to install via APT on Debian,
instead of downloading it manually.

Hi Antonin,

I'd like to try to package zotero, and have retitled this RFP to ITP
and set myself as owner.

Work already done:

Dependency audit of the whole build: 4 npm projects (main tree plus 3
git submodules), 117 unique modules, 65 already in the archive, 52
missing, of which about 37 need real work.
Gecko side: Zotero is built on Firefox ESR. The upstream modify_omni
post-processing runs against the Debian firefox-esr install tree:
104/105 modifications apply unchanged, so no Firefox build is needed.
Five of the missing node modules (luaparse, sentencex-ts, fflate,
sorted-btree, eld) are packaged and awaiting NEW review.

Known difficulties:

The build needs a Mozilla Gecko runtime. Upstream ships a prebuilt
Firefox ESR and post-processes it; Debian cannot use a binary blob,
so the package will reuse the firefox-esr install tree and apply the
same post-processing (verified working, see above).
Several bundled dependencies are older than what Debian ships
(Babel 7 vs 8, TypeScript 5 vs 6). Per Policy 4.13 this means patches
to upstream, not vendored copies.
Upstream ships no ESR line and cuts a major release every 6-10 weeks;
the database format upgrades one-way. Stable releases will therefore
need an explicit upgrade/no-downgrade policy.

Regards,
Emfox Zhou