Re: Debian package examples for Java software

2024-09-14 Thread Michael K. Edwards
I will add that deployment of user jarfiles into a third-party-packaged host-installed JBoss server is not really contemplated in Debian packaging. Not that you can't do it with enough scriptage; but it's not state that the packaging system owns, and dpkg doesn't play that well with external state

Re: Debian package examples for Java software

2024-09-14 Thread Michael K. Edwards
Peter — I'm not a debian java maintainer (or DD at all), I'm just someone who has used Debian and derivatives for 25 years. So take this with a grain of salt. The reason you're getting resistance to your request — apart from social stuff, on which I won't comment — is that the technical obstacle

Re: Debian package examples for Java software

2024-09-14 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 09:49:44PM +0200, Mechtilde Stehmann wrote: > Am 14.09.24 um 21:25 schrieb Peter Bittner: > > > If you tell us what you want to package, we can tell you a good example > > > out of more than 50.000 packages > > > > I'm really looking for generic examples. My motivation is u

Re: Debian package examples for Java software

2024-09-14 Thread Mechtilde Stehmann
Hello Peter, Then I think https://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint.en.html is a good starting point. Regards Am 14.09.24 um 21:25 schrieb Peter Bittner: If you tell us what you want to package, we can tell you a good example out of more than 50.000 packages I'm really looking for generic

Re: Debian package examples for Java software

2024-09-14 Thread Peter Bittner
> If you tell us what you want to package, we can tell you a good example > out of more than 50.000 packages I'm really looking for generic examples. My motivation is using a standard, widespread convention or otherwise popular tooling for deploying software (which - at work - is not open source).

Re: Debian package examples for Java software

2024-09-14 Thread Mechtilde Stehmann
Hello Peter, Am 14.09.24 um 18:07 schrieb Peter Bittner: Thank you for responding, Mechtilde! Please tell us, what you want to package. Then we can look for a similar one. I packaged software 20 years ago as a Debian package at my former workplace. IIRC, it was just a bunch of shell and Pyth

Re: Debian package examples for Java software

2024-09-14 Thread Peter Bittner
Thank you for responding, Mechtilde! > Please tell us, what you want to package. Then we can look for a similar one. I packaged software 20 years ago as a Debian package at my former workplace. IIRC, it was just a bunch of shell and Python scripts, maybe a few binaries. Back then I had to scale r

Re: Debian package examples for Java software

2024-09-14 Thread Mechtilde Stehmann
Hello Peter, Am 14.09.24 um 12:01 schrieb Peter Bittner: I'm looking for good examples of how Java software is packaged on the Debian family of operating systems. Ideally, very simple examples with just a JAR file and a few configuration files. Where can I find such projects, e.g. on Salsa? Th

Debian package examples for Java software

2024-09-14 Thread Peter Bittner
I'm looking for good examples of how Java software is packaged on the Debian family of operating systems. Ideally, very simple examples with just a JAR file and a few configuration files. Where can I find such projects, e.g. on Salsa? To extend on that, I try to find out how - if at all - (Java) s