-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi Emmanuel
On 29/06/14 21:45, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > I'm thinking about merging maven-repo-helper and > maven-debian-helper into a single source package to make the > updates easier (they are closely tied and often updated together). > The binary packages produced would remain distinct, so this won't > impact the packages depending on them. Is there any objection to > this change? I think I'll merge maven-repo-helper into > maven-debian-helper, I'll ensure the change history is preserved. > The resulting source package would be named maven-debian-helper or > simply maven-helper, I'm still pondering. - From an Ubuntu perspective, I'd prefer that these two package not be merged; maven-repo-helper is not currently built or depends on Maven in any way, and is used by several Java packages in Ubuntu main to produce/install maven artefacts. maven-debian-helper, which is dependent on Maven, is in Ubuntu universe as the effort required to review and support Maven in Ubuntu main has blocked its entry into main - infact its actively avoided and Ubuntu carries several deltas to Java packages in Ubuntu main to switch build systems away from Maven. So to avoid a) having to maintain forks for mdh and mrh in Ubuntu or b) having to try to persuade the Ubuntu security team to review the 100's of packages that putting Maven into main would mean I'm a -1 on this proposal. Cheers James - -- James Page Ubuntu and Debian Developer james.p...@ubuntu.com jamesp...@debian.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJTsYUWAAoJEL/srsug59jDdmgP/1Bruk0wCb/33lsA8ZLEQAJj c2SNvNQJ9HHVAL33tA4cs8bGO7M/qEs2WNXbrYmfFWGqs3kWAZokwT1ioBxcAQPQ eTOxW68f87Ckdg3jM3qH6v2bnM4oR7POSmxjdUoJlQ7u1TV0RNsW25mKdYHhQdhW MCj5QI1ZZqKqjbxI10szUzIO+N+B4u9skXnf9uVyE9so2yT3fZt71PdsjVQteS4m xfcdHWU4gqed/epRtLbd7kdjLUba3EykrNHgUZwauTB17p6RqJ+wNCW8oQEOa8Wi JOSPYwVtuTF8RfqwehSoAgdPUxHGO/oR/JUxSifgoSyZs/7nG3Aa2jqN8HJVehiQ Ty12a5KyJ5Ly+RRmQUh335aBsSnN9YUfbR1E2lA0M6FPtMvniq0Kpj+1QVYZWlRT GQ2cTRHG/EV/6mBjrDIs94+vQWcrrnf+h6cAZJtdlo5FilMv4ZeLvaldpPsljSLT lSyMI+ybpcEH84ZYamQP/t/rs9t5r80rjdoMV2LYS8ZecO6B4TVT3IUXwHSVJxsI T76jQC5Q6hCezqWLI1vK9drYEwkw/zuTja28RLVsXEui41eEboUDziTgftBNAWcj zm0P/xXUOo4V9AaODEe6DwswHK36YDAoEWnRatwnh4k++FForqrAbw1XqzClGvxP Jwl2/aZ7gjhbBPyIuc7/ =Srsj -----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: https://lists.debian.org/53b18516.1020...@ubuntu.com
