-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Onkar Shinde wrote: >> Would it be useful to have PACKAGE-dev packages for java containing the >> source code, so that I can refer to it when developing on top of a >> library? > > Ideally you shouldn't refer to source code of libraries for writing > your app. You should refer javadoc of the library.
In practice, source code is often used in development. It is common to pull source jars from a Maven repository, for example. This is very useful for debugging. I don't think we have good support for this use case in Debian, so it is something we could think about. Cheers, Marcus -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkson5UACgkQXjXn6TzcAQlPEwCfQ00B9SUOga6EQ8R7X8gvgh/x O5QAoOMRWFPn20OiRbrYztxtRM/TEXo9 =CsR0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
