Hello, Java Team's page [1] states that some help/information is needed regarding the autopkgtest. I haven't seen much Java packages having autopkgtests, but to me it seems possible at least for packages using maven-debian-helper. Maybe there are gotchas that I am not aware of?
Workflow of an autopkgtest as I see it: 1. Remove the sources of the package, but leave tests (i.e. 'rm -f src/main'); 2. Patch POMs to make tests depend on built artifacts; 3. Run the Debian package build process as usual, omitting the dh_auto_build step. I have tested this workflow manually for a simple package, and it seemed to work. Such autopkgtest would help to detect breaking changes in dependencies at least. I assume this could be automated into something like autopkgtest-pkg-maven or like. Any thoughts? Andrius [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Java/Packaging#autopkgtest
