Jeff Breidenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Hi, I did a little digging. Package gcj-3.4 was removed
> from Debian Unstable on Aug 14, 2005 because it was
> "Not Built by Source"
I also did some digging. I found the same removal message
and then tracked down a gcj maintainer IRC. He simply said:
Andy,
I compiled PyLucene 1.9rc1-7 for the i386, amd64, and
powerpc Debian architectures. I created an APT repository
because I figured it would be easier to manage. So if you
add the follow instructions to your website they should make
sense to any Debian user:
There are binary PyLucene 1.
Jeff Breidenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Matthew, I just built your package on sarge, it went fine.
> Good job.
>
>python2.4-pylucene_1.9-1_i386.deb
>
> I noticed you chose not to have a README.Debian file. That's probably
> ok, since most of the weirdness affects package maintainers and no
Jeff Breidenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> However, it is technically possible to compile on Debian
> stable then upload the binary package to unstable (a.k.a.
> sid). This can - somewhat - bypass the swig issue and get
> a working PyLucene package in Debian for one architecture,
> presumably i386
Jeff Breidenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Andi, Debian's infrastructure is designed such that a source package is not
> allowed to be a build dependency. Matthew, please file a wishlist bug against
> swig, requesting a version update.
I think I confused the issue. Unstable has SWIG 1.3.27.
PyLu
Jeff Breidenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Andi is correct, Java Lucene 1.4.3 compiles ok with a Free Software
> toolchain. Specifically we use kaffe. Getting this to work took a lot
> of time and effort. It is unknown at this time whether the release
> candidate for Java Lucene 1.9 can be built
Jeff Breidenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Given Andi's comments, one possibility is to put the PyLucene package
> into Debian, but under the contrib section and marking it with appropriate
> bug entries. The hope would be people could improve the build situation
> over time.
Personally, I'm fine
Thanks Jeff! I have no time line in mind. The sooner the
better I suppose since this is the head space I am in right
now. Using the following checklist as a guide:
http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/sponsorship_checklist.html
I'd have to assume the next step, for me, is to try and get
the p
Jeff,
In October of 2004 you offered to look over and sponsor a
PyLucene Debian package for Jeff Bowden. In case you don't
recall here is the last email from the WNPP bug:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=256283#msg60
I was hoping you'd give me the same advice and sponsorshi
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