Re: ITP enhydra

2000-09-05 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Monday 4 September 2000, at 21 h 25, the keyboard of John Leuner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's interesting that you if can run a Java "binary" you'll also be able > to build the sources very easily. This is because Java is always linked at > run time, so the build-time and run-time depen

Re: ITP enhydra

2000-09-05 Thread John Leuner
> > it acceptable to use the upstream binary tarball as the .orig for a Debian > > source package, as it is architecture-independent? Or must it compile from > > the > > Java source? > > If the package is in 'non-free', you don't even need the sources. IMHO (but > IANAL), for a package to get i

Re: ITP enhydra

2000-09-05 Thread John Leuner
> > it acceptable to use the upstream binary tarball as the .orig for a Debian > > source package, as it is architecture-independent? Or must it compile from the > > Java source? > > If the package is in 'non-free', you don't even need the sources. IMHO (but > IANAL), for a package to get in 'm

Re: ITP enhydra

2000-09-05 Thread David Starner
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 02:22:41PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 02:55:48PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > > If the package is in 'non-free', you don't even need the > > sources. IMHO (but IANAL), for a package to get in 'main', you HAVE > > TO be able to compile it

Re: ITP enhydra

2000-09-05 Thread Matt Zimmerman
[CCed to: debian-java, where this thread originated the wnpp bug for Enhydra debian-devel, to get broader input on source packaging issues Please trim CC list as appropriate] On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 02:55:48PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > If the package is in 'non-

Re: ITP enhydra

2000-09-05 Thread David Starner
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 02:22:41PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 02:55:48PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > > If the package is in 'non-free', you don't even need the > > sources. IMHO (but IANAL), for a package to get in 'main', you HAVE > > TO be able to compile i

Re: ITP enhydra

2000-09-05 Thread Matt Zimmerman
[CCed to: debian-java, where this thread originated the wnpp bug for Enhydra debian-devel, to get broader input on source packaging issues Please trim CC list as appropriate] On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 02:55:48PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > If the package is in 'non

Re: ITP enhydra

2000-09-05 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Monday 4 September 2000, at 2 h 22, the keyboard of Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it acceptable to use the upstream binary tarball as the .orig for a Debian > source package, as it is architecture-independent? Or must it compile from > the > Java source? If the package is in '

Re: ITP enhydra

2000-09-05 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Monday 4 September 2000, at 2 h 22, the keyboard of Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it acceptable to use the upstream binary tarball as the .orig for a Debian > source package, as it is architecture-independent? Or must it compile from the > Java source? If the package is in 'no