Re: Static code analysis tool in Debian

2015-11-14 Thread Jonathan Yu
Hey Marko, In my experience, there are a few common reasons why libraries do not end up in Debian: 1. Lack of time from maintainers: Debian is largely a volunteer effort, and as a result, sometimes things don't end up in Debian simply because people lack the time to package it. You can help here

Re: Packaging org.eclipse.jetty.alpn for Debian

2015-10-31 Thread Jonathan Yu
Removing alpn support impacts performance since an additional handshake is necessary at the application (http) level. Is it possible to instead patch the source to include the needed support class? It can then be removed when Java 9 becomes the default. On Sat, Oct 31, 2015, 12:38 Markus Koschany

OpenJDK 8 vs Zulu

2015-01-18 Thread Jonathan Yu
Hey everyone, Awhile back, there was a question on the Mechanical Sympathy mailing list (if you haven't heard of it before, it's a group for discussing development of high-performance programs, mainly focussing on Java). Gil Tene (CTO and Co-Founder of Azul Systems) provided a critical comparison

Re: Bug#742864: ITP: openjdk-8 -- OpenJDK 8 - Open source implementation of the Java Platform Standard Edition 8

2014-06-02 Thread Jonathan Yu
Emmanuel, Disclaimer: I haven't done any work on Debian Java, so my opinion isn't here isn't worth anything. :-) If I understand correctly, the difference between the profiles is simply the number of Java packages available at runtime [0]. Whether the compact1 profile is worth packaging despite

Re: Bug#736123: ITP: sbbi-upnplib -- Java library for universal plug and play (upnp)

2014-01-19 Thread Jonathan Yu
; proper java library package name. I was worried about it not being > discoverable if I didn't put the sbbi-upnplib source package name. > > Given that, do you still think it should be renamed? I don't mind either way. > > ~Scott > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Jonatha

Re: Bug#736123: ITP: sbbi-upnplib -- Java library for universal plug and play (upnp)

2014-01-19 Thread Jonathan Yu
Hey Scott, I don't presume to be an expert here, but I wanted to mention that the package name specified in your ITP does not match the usual conventions for libraries in Debian, nor for Java libraries specifically: "Java libraries packages must be named libXXX[version]-java (without the brackets