Am 08.12.2015 um 17:40 schrieb Luca Vercelli: > Any news about it? > > > Il 13/11/2015 18:08, Markus Koschany ha scritto: >> Am 12.11.2015 um 13:25 schrieb Luca Vercelli: >>> Thank you Markus. >>> Here I attach a more complete version. Please ignore the file I sent you >>> before, and consider only this one. >>> I've written a "README" that should be enough, otherwise just ask me. >>> >> Hi Luca, >> >> thank you for sending the debian directory. I will create a new git >> repository tomorrow and try to build Tycho.
Hello Luca, sorry for the late reply. The debian directory that you sent to me was unfortunately by far not complete to create a working Debian package and I haven't found the time to wrap my head around the issues. For instance the tarball from http://git.eclipse.org/c/tycho/org.eclipse.tycho.git/snapshot/org.eclipse.tycho-tycho-0.23.0.tar.xz contains tons of embedded jar files which we must remove to create a Policy compliant Debian package. The eclipse-bootstrap.sh script creates directories in /usr/share/maven-repo which requires root permissions. The other tycho-* shell scripts modify various variables and pom files with ugly sed commands and in order to build a Debian package we have to call debian/rules in the end, so all those hacks and commands must be translated into a working rules file. I know I surely have to blame myself for writing "to solve this issue with the least amount of effort" but the current approach is too hackish and would only work for an unofficial version. You usually should start with creating a so called orig-tar.sh script which you can call by using the get-orig-source target in debian/rules. This ensures that people can download the original sources with just one command: debian/rules get-orig-source It's fine to merge the two tarballs into one as described in your README file. At the same time this target should also remove all files which are not DFSG-compliant like all jar and class files and files with non-free licenses. This wiki page is an excellent resource for writing such "get-orig-source" targets. https://wiki.debian.org/onlyjob/get-orig-source The next step is to convert all scripts that modify the original sources into patches which are stored in debian/patches with an informative description and patch header, so that we can properly maintain them in the future. You can also rewrite maven artifacts and group ids with the maven.rules or maven.ignoreRules file. Often you won't even need a patch to accomplish this goal. At the moment I would rather suggest to start with an easier package because Tycho doesn't appear to be a rewarding task for people new to Debian packaging. Regards, Markus
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