Hello java maintainers, I have started packaging a Java program[1] and so I have been taking a fresh look at the state of Java in Debian (it has been 3 or so years since I last looked).
My package requires an implementation of /usr/bin/jar during build-time. This is an alternative on the Debian system, with two packages providing it to my knowledge[2]: fastjar and the sun JDK. When I looked into my build-dependencies, I realised that there was no virtual package for jar implementations: packages which require a jar implementation at build-time need either choose one implementation in preference to others (e.g. fastjar) or manually maintain a list of suitable packages (e.g. fastjar | sun-java5-jdk | ...) I filed bugs/patches to implement a jar virtual package. Fastjar has adopted this now[3], but Marcus Better objected on the bug submitted to java-package[4]. I'm mailing the list to see what other Java maintainer's think. [1] <http://bugs.debian.org/395364> [2] I originally mistook 'jar-sablevm' as being another implementation, but is in fact just a wrapper around fastjar. [3] <http://bugs.debian.org/395397> [4] <http://bugs.debian.org/395372>, CCed -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
