Re: Commons Compress update

2013-03-21 Thread tony mancill
On 03/19/2013 08:57 AM, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > Le 19/03/2013 16:18, Markus Koschany a écrit : > >> It depends on your packaging workflow. Personally i prefer git and >> git-buildpackage. [1] The get-orig-source step always needs to be done >> manually but after that you can just use >> >> git-impo

Re: RFS: libjide-oss-java 3.5.1+dfsg-1 (initial release) - [UPLOADED]

2013-03-21 Thread tony mancill
On 03/18/2013 06:56 AM, Markus Koschany wrote: > Dear Java Team, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package libjide-oss-java. > > Package name: libjide-oss-java > Version : 3.5.3+dfsg-1 > Upstream Author : JIDE Software, Inc. > URL : http://www.jidesoft.com/products/os

Re: Frustration with trying to build Debian packages from Maven-based sources

2013-03-21 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 22/03/2013 00:16, Hilko Bengen a écrit : > How is the changelog and the copyright file generated? They aren't. The changelog could be generated from the changes.xml file in the project though. Not sure a copyright file could be generated reliably. > How is the version number for the .deb gen

Re: Frustration with trying to build Debian packages from Maven-based sources

2013-03-21 Thread Russ Allbery
Emmanuel Bourg writes: > Thank you for taking the time to look into jdeb. > My reasoning is the following: > - The binary package must be built from the source > - This is currently done with a fairly sophisticated make file > - We are free to use the build tools we want (is that correct?) > - S

Re: Frustration with trying to build Debian packages from Maven-based sources

2013-03-21 Thread Hilko Bengen
* Emmanuel Bourg: > My reasoning is the following: > - The binary package must be built from the source > - This is currently done with a fairly sophisticated make file True for CDBS, with the main problem there being that CDBS is neither appropriately documented nor particularly debuggable. IMO

Re: Frustration with trying to build Debian packages from Maven-based sources

2013-03-21 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 21/03/2013 21:47, Hilko Bengen a écrit : > Looking entirely from the Debian perspective, I'd have to say that this > is totally backwards and can't be used. That perspective is flawed, but, > well, it's my starting point... Thank you for taking the time to look into jdeb. My reasoning is the

Re: Frustration with trying to build Debian packages from Maven-based sources

2013-03-21 Thread Hilko Bengen
* Emmanuel Bourg: > Le 18/03/2013 23:42, Hilko Bengen a écrit : > >> A software developer who wants to use Maven as a build tool on Debian >> and considers himself "a mere user" of the distribution should find that >> the distribution is not working against but for him. And It must be easy >> for

Re: Too old JRE/JDK in repos

2013-03-21 Thread Stefan Denker
Hello there, I've had some time to think about this, so here is my opinion: On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:35:43PM -0700, tony mancill wrote: > On 03/13/2013 12:39 PM, Stefan Denker wrote: >> Which "numerous challenges" are there concerning java in debian? I am >> trying to gather some time every w