Hi I have followed the java instalation issues thread. So I'l try to summarize and give some new proposals.
Java libraries: * Java libraries should go to /usr/share/java if they are jar files and /usr/share/java/repository if they are a collection of classes. * Usage of jar files should be encouraged because they can be versioned. * The jar file should be named name-version.jar and defaults should be a symbolic link with the name name.jar Quite the same way as C-libraries. * Here is a proposal. API dependencies should be specified in a way so that it should be easy to set the classpath. I can create the bash script and place it in java-common if you like. Perhaps /usr/share/java/foo-ver.apidep just lists what jars it depends on. And then a script generates the classpath for the developer to use. Personally I would like to have this when building my java packages. Build: Is it possible to create a script that generates this automaticly? Like a dh_javadeps... It should also generate the dependencies in the control file... Jvm: * .so files should be placed in /usr/lib * We should find a way to make it possible to use switch between java virtual machines without having to reset the classpath or similar. But maybe this simply is too early. * Maybe putting jvm implementation jars in /usr/share/java/$impl is the solution. Packages that proviedes similar functionality should then have the same name. like tools.jar could point to classes.zip (in jdk1.1). * Or maybe each jvm should have its own dependency file that the dependency script could use. Java programs: * Should as before have a exec that fixes all issues. This will be easier if a dependency script is created (see above). Have I missed something? Regards, // Ola -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Björnkärrsgatan 5 A.11 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 584 36 LINKÖPING | | +46 (0)13-17 69 83 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / ---------------------------------------------------------------
