Re: [PROPOSAL] dh_ant

[Stefan Gybas <sgybas@provective.de>]

Arnaud Vandyck wrote:

> I'd propose to conform to dh_* and use something like 
> debian/ant or
> debian/package.ant

I think I have a better solution. I'd like to create an Ant class for 
CDBS (http://build-common.alioth.debian.org/) so debian/rules will 
become really simple. For example, take a look at debian/rules from the 
latest doc++ package, it's really amazing. Imagine this as debian/rules 
for all Ant-based Java packages:

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#!/usr/bin/make -f

include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/ant.mk

# Java home directory
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/j2se/1.4

# Ant home directory (defaults to /usr/share/ant) and targets
# (defaults to default target and "install")
ANT_HOME=/usr/share/ant1.5
ANT_BUILD_TAGRET=compile
ANT_INSTALL_TAGRET=jars

# JARs from /usr/share/java to be added to the class path
CLASSPATH_JARS=xerces bsf servlet-2.3

install/package::
        # Additional steps for installing the package, like the version
	# symlink in /usr/share/java

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You only have to create debian/ant.properties and some debhelper files 
like debian/package.docs, debian/package.install and 
debian/package.examples.

The Ant class can also handle DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS and pass additional 
arguments like javac.debug and javac.optimize to Ant. It can even 
automatically switch to a gcj's native compiler at a later stage without 
any need for changes in debian/rules.

However, I think libant1.5-java should move to main first so we have 
some experience with this and know that it really works. I don't want to 
make major changes to the Ant class when it's already in use by a lot of 
packages.

Stefan