Le 19/08/2019 à 15:46, Vincent Prat a écrit : > Hi all, > > I have finished packaging the core library using eclipse-debian-helper. > Should I also package extensions even if I do not plan to use them? > > Examples and tests are also provided, as java classes. > Should I install the examples? If yes, should I build them or provide > them as is? > What about tests? It would be nice to declare an autopkgtest test suite. > Has anyone done this for a Java package? > > Thanks in advance for your answers. > > Best regards, > Vincent
Hi all, Let me explain a bit more the situation. The upstream tarball contains several directories with Java source files: - the core library (nattable.core); - some extensions of the core library (nattable.extension.*); - examples (nattable.examples.*), for both the core library and the extensions; - tests (nattable.*.test), also for both; - a dataset library (nattable.dataset) used by examples and tests to generate fake data. As already mentionend, I have packaged the core library as an eclipse bundle using eclipse-debian-helper. It results in a package named libeclipse-nebula-widgets-nattable-core-java. My first question was about the extensions. To package HDFView (which is the reason why I want NatTable in Debian), I only need the core library. Should I also package the extensions as eclipse bundles (libeclipse-nebula-widgets-nattable-extension-*-java) even though I do not need them? My second question was about the examples. For me, it does not seem a good idea to package them as independent eclipse bundles. The simplest solution is to add them as is (i.e. Java source files) to the corresponding packages using <packagename>.examples files. Another solution would be to manually build the examples before installing them. What is the best option? There is also another problem: the examples depend on the dataset library. Does it mean that I should also package it, so that the user can compile and/or run the examples, even though this library is useless apart from examples and tests? My third question was about the tests. On the one hand, as for examples, I do not think it is a good idea to package them separately. On the other hand, I do not know how to add tests to an eclipse bundle. I guess I could try to manually build the tests and install them in the corresponding packages. In addition, is there a standard way to collect and run JUnit tests? Again, the tests would require to package the dataset library. I would value any opinion on these questions. Thank you in advance. Best regards, Vincent
