Packaging Java libraries

2001-07-21 Thread Sam Johnston
Hello all, I recently sent out an ITP for a MySQL JDBC driver (http://mmmysql.sourceforge.net) and have started looking at how to package it up. This is my first attempt at a java package and a second attempt at packaging anything (the other being rdesktop). I've downloaded both the source and b

Re: Packaging Java libraries

2001-07-21 Thread Sam Johnston
Thanks for the quick response... perhaps I wasn't clear about what I'm trying to do - that being creating a libmysql-java package for debian which drops mysql.jar in /usr/share/java. Looking at libxerces-java it seems that creating a source package is the 'done thing', although having downloaded

Re: Packaging Java libraries

2001-07-22 Thread Sam Johnston
, 22 Jul 2001 14:46:17 +1000 (EST), > Sam Johnston wrote: >> So should I be creating a source package ala libxerces-java, and if >> so, should I be using the 1.1 or 1.3 jdk/makefile targets? > > I don't know about mysql but I recommend using kaffe and jikes. > kaffe and

Packaging Java libraries

2001-07-21 Thread Sam Johnston
Hello all, I recently sent out an ITP for a MySQL JDBC driver (http://mmmysql.sourceforge.net) and have started looking at how to package it up. This is my first attempt at a java package and a second attempt at packaging anything (the other being rdesktop). I've downloaded both the sour

Re: Packaging Java libraries

2001-07-21 Thread Sam Johnston
Thanks for the quick response... perhaps I wasn't clear about what I'm trying to do - that being creating a libmysql-java package for debian which drops mysql.jar in /usr/share/java. Looking at libxerces-java it seems that creating a source package is the 'done thing', although having downlo

Re: Packaging Java libraries

2001-07-22 Thread Sam Johnston
t Sun, 22 Jul 2001 14:46:17 +1000 (EST), > Sam Johnston wrote: >> So should I be creating a source package ala libxerces-java, and if >> so, should I be using the 1.1 or 1.3 jdk/makefile targets? > > I don't know about mysql but I recommend using kaffe and jikes. > kaffe and