Re: more about Zookeeper
I just looked at this bug and it looks like a configuration error in
the environment rather than a bug in Zookeeper per se.
In particular, Java >= 1.6 is an explicit requirement of the Zookeeper
package while the error being emitted is highly characteristic of an
attempt to compile 1.6 compatible code on a java 1.5 compiler.
This is a relatively basic problem:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1678122/must-override-a-superclass-method-errors-after-importing-a-project-into-eclipse
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2335655/why-is-javac-failing-on-override-annotation
I am surprised that you didn't know about this since you seem to be
otherwise knowledgable.
In any case, it is a bit strong language to blame code quality for a
build system configuration error.
Also, nobody seems to have contacted the actual project maintainers
about this problem. Your comments about lack of motivation are also
somewhat ad hominem (and incorrect).
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> wrote:
>> He has a bad opinion of
>> Zookeeper and things it is "not good enough for Debian".
>
> Irrespective of disagreements with the current maintainer, zookeeper is
> not good enough for Debian stable simply because it has a separate
> release-critical bug. #626020 - FTBFS on mips. There is no argument
> about this - failing to build from source on a supported architecture
> means, by definition, that the software is not of sufficient quality for
> Debian. End of.
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=626020
> ...
> As such, I would disagree strongly with the statement that ZK is not
> of sufficient quality to be included in Debian.
> The RC bug argues differently and, in Debian, the RC bug is always more
> persuasive than protests from interested parties who lack the time or
> motivation to actually fix the problem.
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