Okay I see, so I *do not* need to start from scratch, but can (simply spoken) replace the content taken from upstream in the GF-2.x packages, change the number to GF-3.x and it should (more or less) be done?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Emmanuel Bourg [mailto:ebo...@apache.org] > Sent: Samstag, 11. Mai 2013 17:37 > To: debian-java@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: GlassFish 3.x > > Le 11/05/2013 13:51, Markus Karg a écrit : > > I noticed that even jessie and sid both still provide the same > > outdated GlassFish 2.x release, while there is GlassFish 3.x release > > available since years. I am an experienced Java Programmer and > > GlassFish administrator and would love to see jessie to provide 3.x > > instead of 2.x. What do I have to do to make this happen? > > Hi Markus, > > Thank you for offering your help, it's much needed. The most difficult > part is to get used to the tools and the policies necessary to build > the Debian packages. Hopefully there is plenty of documentation and > many people ready to help. > > As a first step I would suggest to set up a dev environment and build > the GlassFish 2.x package. Once you are comfortable with this part you > can start upgrading it to the latest upstream release. > > Emmanuel Bourg > > > -- > 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/518e658c.4060...@apache.org -- 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/C318061356872B4D892533A28BD08819010B9D56@quipsy1