-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi Team
Quite a few Java packages are starting to use bnd to generate OSGi metadata which is great (as its more automated); this is creating some delta downstream in Ubuntu due to the fact that bnd is not in the 'main' component of Ubuntu so use of bnd is being reverted from some packages. Why is bnd not in Ubuntu main? All packages that in Ubuntu main and their dependencies have to be reviewed by the Ubuntu SRU team. Somewhere in the dependency tree of bnd something pulls in maven and then the world explodes in terms of the number of packages that need to be reviewed. So bnd tends to get dropped in favour of patching/inserting the OSGi metadata by hand. I would request that if possible any Debian Java team maintained packages which are also in Ubuntu main NOT use bnd but patch in the OSGi data (or something similar). This will keep Ubuntu and Debian much closer in sync in terms of Java packages. You can use http://packages.ubuntu.com/ to determine whether a package is in Ubuntu main or not. Packages not in main have '[universe]' or suchlike in the search listings. I've also put the current reverse build dependencies of default-jdk in raring here - http://paste.ubuntu.com/1690679/. Cheers James - -- James Page Ubuntu Core Developer Debian Maintainer james.p...@ubuntu.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJRJOFoAAoJEL/srsug59jDZroP+wYP6uYYOneIzvxGJf6VbBPZ aHhBEnQOet1SVR5WXLD5uRNCLrq4OOTpeGmL5960OEG5b4Tgpi1R4OgT3bP0ZypM 9kN5HKk7LRhKCsjd0Ue637Y3jggEoCL7sdmjnDFBOJx2hGlaAFHrwRt/zs+CYtny SZ0ObajygsdqvaHglM5j43hoivtOl4TgwPqTeHmsQGrKQjKBbcoIb5LT4FBBeyQS IDr2iSZ8zmekj/dvKGfTjyEO66q5+yNf0PiImpWrNYiJHG3WqQynxV3VxFaXM/hl XgxJ7WzCpbA+JAVTDGxkchIjeYd79R0OOvMLnuVXx+UyXg3F1bW842eNvgkjZHOy JM64120hluNczUqEZ7CI/jSyDG5rpU9ociCmEdLpWQFfw4A+zyPW/PeE5Y7rMEdn K8sDpRA1UjKrx2tBXphJlaSevwLrzeJOQQF1oLzP+HwrtswSnOmzIpnLNfmrq2dJ qVckqcOO349ZW/vANL47/r0Xa5clRgSuAn+GlKeaUKlJjTo4TQyRL62p2D9i8FR9 Hs9U6lNt2/BnNL8gfWQ4i8KHRWHhIv+0o9UI6yRm0FUY80yFZk8vpUE/Q8fiETPk qpJgCXrKdflAnE6o47miWFOqVzSssGfSfYbSCX9wrTnvWfRmD691l02UEiwr+/cC GfPf5lL03CHg14lkuIJn =wWXZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5124e168.2070...@ubuntu.com
