Re: Dependence on specific versions

2011-02-10 Thread Stefane Fermigier
On Feb 10, 2011, at 10:40 PM, Jesús M. Navarro wrote: > Hi, Stefane: > > On Thursday 10 February 2011 21:29:34 Stefane Fermigier wrote: >> On Feb 10, 2011, at 7:50 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: >>> Stefane Fermigier writes: >>>> Only by fixing version numbers of t

Re: Dependence on specific versions

2011-02-10 Thread Stefane Fermigier
On Feb 10, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Torsten Werner wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Stefane Fermigier wrote: >> On Feb 10, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Torsten Werner wrote: >>> a.jar (0.1) depends on b.jar (0.1) >>> c.jar (0.3) depends on b.jar (0.2) >>> d.jar (0

Re: Dependence on specific versions

2011-02-10 Thread Stefane Fermigier
On Feb 10, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Torsten Werner wrote: > Hi Stefane, > > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Stefane Fermigier wrote: >> Only by fixing version numbers of third-party libraries can you be sure that >> the same build that works today will still work ne

Re: Dependence on specific versions

2011-02-10 Thread Stefane Fermigier
On Feb 10, 2011, at 7:50 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > Stefane Fermigier writes: > >> Only by fixing version numbers of third-party libraries can you be sure >> that the same build that works today will still work next week, if you >> redo the build on the exact same ver

Re: Dependence on specific versions

2011-02-10 Thread Stefane Fermigier
ns from time to time, but only when there is a good reason to ("if it ain't broke, don't fix it"). BTW: I used to think like you 3-4 years ago when I discovered Maven, but had to change my mind due to the reality. S. -- Stefane Fermigier, Founder and Chairman, Nuxeo Open

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-10 Thread Stefane Fermigier
On Feb 10, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Vincent Fourmond wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Stefane Fermigier wrote: >> On Feb 10, 2011, at 10:51 AM, Giovanni Mascellani wrote: >>> On 09/02/2011 12:25, Stefane Fermigier wrote: >>> [...] > >

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-10 Thread Stefane Fermigier
On Feb 10, 2011, at 10:51 AM, Giovanni Mascellani wrote: > On 09/02/2011 12:25, Stefane Fermigier wrote: >> 2. sometimes the policies need to be changed in the face of reality. >> Otherwise, we end up like these poor monkeys: >> >> http://freekvermeulen.blogsp

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-10 Thread Stefane Fermigier
On Feb 10, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Giovanni Mascellani wrote: > On 09/02/2011 15:40, Stefane Fermigier wrote: >> I'm also trying to pass a message: you obviously care about packaging >> Java applications, so aren't you frustrated that this is so hard (I >> mean, imposs

Re: Setting goals for Wheezy

2011-02-10 Thread Stefane Fermigier
On Feb 10, 2011, at 6:23 AM, tony mancill wrote: > On 02/09/2011 05:26 AM, Stefane Fermigier wrote: >> So yes, I'm sure this kind of service can help, but I'm not sure it can >> really bring us as far as we'd like to. > > I think the Maven repo will be

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-09 Thread Stefane Fermigier
you seem to be aligned with JBoss AS 4.2.3, when we, OTOH, have switched 6 months ago to JBoss 5. In both cases, there is a misalignment problem for which solutions need to be devised, tested, and it will certainly take more time to do so, at which time we will probably have moved forward

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-09 Thread Stefane Fermigier
an.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d52a993.6070...@debian.org > -- Stefane Fermigier, Founder and Chairman, Nuxeo Open Source, Java EE based, Enterprise Content Management (ECM) http://www.

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-09 Thread Stefane Fermigier
On Feb 9, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Vincent Fourmond wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Stefane Fermigier wrote: >>> What is not true? The fact that packaging things in Debian is difficult >>> or the fact that it's so because it requires some added va

Re: Setting goals for Wheezy

2011-02-09 Thread Stefane Fermigier
.1.jar ./xerces/xmlParserAPIs/2.6.2/xmlParserAPIs-2.6.2.jar ./xml-apis/xml-apis/1.0.b2/xml-apis-1.0.b2.jar ./xml-apis/xml-apis/1.3.03/xml-apis-1.3.03.jar ./xml-apis/xmlParserAPIs/2.0.2/xmlParserAPIs-2.0.2.jar ./xom/xom/1.1/xom-1.1.jar ./xpp3/xpp3_min/1.1.4c/xpp3_min-1.1.4c.jar -- Stefane Fermigie

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-09 Thread Stefane Fermigier
On Feb 9, 2011, at 10:45 AM, Giovanni Mascellani wrote: > Hi. > > On 09/02/2011 10:06, Stefane Fermigier wrote: >>> I'd say that this one of the main added value of a distribution: >>> many different pieces of software harmonized together, under a >>> c

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-09 Thread Stefane Fermigier
to do so. > I'm proud to say that, thanks to my work, now these pieces of software > are really free in Debian: I'm sure this is not the only case, but it > shows why all the thorough work that a Debian package needs it's useful. Were these projects from "reputable"

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-08 Thread Stefane Fermigier
debian-ubuntu.html > I hope this gives you an alternative It is an alternative, but if we found it satisfactory, we wouldn't be pushing so hard to get the packages in Debian and Ubuntu. S. -- Stefane Fermigier, Founder and Chairman, Nuxeo Open Source, Java EE based, Enterpris

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-08 Thread Stefane Fermigier
arch jboss-portal etc. So it seems either that nobody cares about getting these fine (and popular) applications into Debian, or it's just too hard to do given the current set of policies. S. -- Stefane Fermigier, Founder and Chairman, Nuxeo Open Source, Java EE based, Enterprise Content

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-07 Thread Stefane Fermigier
On Feb 7, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Thomas Koch wrote: > Stefane Fermigier: >> On Feb 6, 2011, at 10:29 PM, Vincent Fourmond wrote: >>> JARs in a source package. We absolutely need every single package >>> compiled from source, and that includes their dependencies. Th

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-06 Thread Stefane Fermigier
http://repo1.maven.org/, so the responsibility for providing the source code for these jars actually falls upon the owner of maven.org, which happens to be jvan...@codehaus.org - not upon us. (But same for the pre-maven days when people used to embed third-party jars in a lib/ directory in their so

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-06 Thread Stefane Fermigier
On Feb 6, 2011, at 10:15 PM, Niels Thykier wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 2011-02-06 20:24, Stefane Fermigier wrote: >> We are fully aware that our packages are not built in a way similar to the >> way a Linux package is usually

How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

2011-02-06 Thread Stefane Fermigier
ing it differently. # Conclusion At this point, I'm asking for an opinion on how to work with the Debian/Java community to be able to: - bring more value to Debian users by providing them with free/open source enterprise-class applications - keep the high quality that is expected from Debia