[Cc'ing to debian-java@lists.debian.org as mentioned by the original author at the end of the mail, thanks to everyone who can help solving questions from Luboš]
On 5/20/07, Ľuboš Koščo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Arnaud,
Hi Ľuboš,
I'd like to get opengrok ( http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/opengrok/ ) into Debian, but I am struggling a little bit. Can you help me with some of my Qs ?
The best thing is 1st to file an ITP (intent to package) against package wnpp (work needed and prospective packages): see some examples here: http://bugs.debian.org/wnpp Also, you'd better ask the list <debian-java@lists.debian.org> see http://lists.debian.org/debian-java to subscribe. [...]
- I have no clue what ant version/package and java version/package to target it against (hence create dependencies) , should I go ONLY for what's written in it's build docs, shouldn't I be complaint with the rest of JDKs? Also since it's a webapp it hugely depends if I target against glassfish/tomcat/other containers & THEIR java version.
To build (build-dep-indep) on ant and ant-optional if needed, about the jdk, the best choice would be java-gcj-compat-dev if you can build with free jdk; if you can't, the other best choice is the latest jdk. To run, you'll have to depend on the particular container: tomcat5.5 at the moment is the best choice. Well, if you want to package JonAS, JBoss or Glassfish, you are welcome ;-)
- I don't know what to do with some libraries. Some of them can be found in /usr/share/java , but majority NOT. If I decide to bundle my own libraries I will face the classpath problem (is there a precedence for standard classpaths, or what to use as classpaths? Can you point me to it? ), so I will have hardcoded paths to e.g. /usr/share/java/opengrok , which is not the best way, but ...
The Debian way is to package *every* libs! Is it a webapp or a command line, standalone application? in the latest, you just create a bash script and set the classpath; in the first case, you'll have to link libs from /usr/share/java to /usr/share/yourwebapp/WEB-INF/lib/ I'm not sure if it's a standard way of doing it so maybe a question on the list is a good alternative to my answer ;-)
- third one is a Q on how to integrate with existing webapp containers. Opengrok webapps are very dependent on configuration and one needs to generate metadata before you can use the webapp. So the deployment needs Qs to be answered, config to be generated and maybe security settings ( e.g. for newer tomcat) for directory access. So I was thinking whether should I split webapp from original application and create a separate self configurable package for it ... Any hints or advices are welcome! ;)
About the configuration, you could use "debconf" but I don't know how it works, I've never used it at the moment. Also, you can explain to the admin how to set-up the webapp in a README.Debian file. The webapp is targeted to admins that are able to configure web servers.
I didn't cc pkg-java-maintainers , if you think answers to my questions are not obvious cc it with your answer pls. IF on the other hand I really missed something, please point me to info, or explain me how to solve problems I am having ;)
Discussions are better to take place on debian-java@lists.debian.org, not on pkg-java which is the central point for bug reports and "maintainer" address of the packages. Cheers, -- Arnaud Vandyck
