On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 09:34:45AM -0500, Ben Burton wrote: > > > > Does anyone have reasons why /usr/share/java/repository should remain? > > > > No do do not like that repository. Can we have some consensus about this? > > > > Should I remove it from the policy? > > Can we also remove the bullet point under "Advice to Java Packagers" that > *recommends* using the repository instead of jars?
Sure. :) > > Just one though. The symlink. Should that be automaticly generated > > by a tool that are runned from the postinst script or should it > > be provided by the (latest, or most compatible) version of the package? > > The way this is done in /usr/lib is that the symlink is provided by > package libfoo-dev and you can only ever have one such package installed. > This makes no sense for java because the development files are precisely > the same as the library itself (i.e. lib-foo-java.jar). > > So if the debian packages provide the links themselves then it would seem > you can only ever have one version of lib-foo-java.jar installed at any > given time, which seems undesirable (and defeats the point of installing > lib-foo-java-version.jar). > > So I guess this leaves the postinst script. My first thought would be to > have a tool, say javaconfig, which you run like: > > javaconfig /usr/share/java/lib-editline-java.jar That shounds like a good thing. > And it searches for all files called > /usr/share/java/lib-editline-java-*.jar, compares the versions (pieces > in the place of *) using a sensible comparison (like debian versions, not > strict lexicographical) and creates a link to the highest version. > > If there is no such jar, it deletes the link lib-editline-java.jar (if it > exists). This means you can call javaconfig in the postinst and in the > postrm, and the link will always be created, updated or removed as > necessary. > > Does this sound right? Yes. Can 'alternatives' do this for us? I have not used it much. Regards, // Ola > Ben. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- --------------------- 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 / ---------------------------------------------------------------
