Markus Koschany <a...@debian.org> writes: > Am 01.02.2016 um 18:30 schrieb Felix Natter: >> hello debian-java, >> >> the freeplane (1.[123]-)package used to install a separate package with a >> modified >> embedded version of jortho (http://jortho.sourceforge.net/, GPL): >> https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/freeplane >> >> I am in the process of modifying the package with the new gradle build >> system, and wonder whether/why this is really necessary. >> >> Thanks and Best Regards, > > Hi Felix,
hello Markus, > I think if Freeplane still embeds jortho it might be useful to provide a > separate package in case other packages needed it as a [build-] > dependency. However why is jortho embedded at all? Would it not be > better to create a standalone source package for jortho which freeplance > could depend on? If this version of jortho is heavily modified and only > useful in the freeplane context, Yes, that is the case. > then you can most likely remove the > separate package but the question remains why those changes haven't be > upstreamed yet? I think there were disagreements regarding code or features. --> I need to plan to drop libjortho-freeplane-java. Do I need a Replaces: for freeplane-1.3's libjortho-freeplane-java in the freeplane-1.5 package? Thanks and Best Regards, -- Felix Natter
