Re: Repackaging question

2006-12-06 Thread Marcus Better
Benjamin Mesing wrote: > Generally speaking yes, but the Debian Java Policy suggests, that class > files should be removed from upstream release [1]. That advice is plain wrong. (And it's not part of the actual Java policy as the page says.) Many Java packages come with jar files for dependencies

Re: Repackaging question

2006-12-06 Thread Benjamin Mesing
[Please CC I am not subscribed] Hello, > It's preferable to leave the package contents exactly as upstream, and just > repackage into a tarball. In that case you don't need to tag the orig > filename. Generally speaking yes, but the Debian Java Policy suggests, that class files should be removed

Re: Repackaging question

2006-12-06 Thread Marcus Better
It's preferable to leave the package contents exactly as upstream, and just repackage into a tarball. In that case you don't need to tag the orig filename. See http://people.debian.org/~daniel/documents/packaging.html for some recommendations. Marcus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT