Re: ITP enhydra
> > it acceptable to use the upstream binary tarball as the .orig for a Debian
> > source package, as it is architecture-independent? Or must it compile from the
> > Java source?
>
> If the package is in 'non-free', you don't even need the sources. IMHO (but
> IANAL), for a package to get in 'main', you HAVE TO be able to compile it from
> the sources.
>
> For programs written in C, it goes without saying, but it seems some Debian
> packagers forget this, because upstream Java packages usually come with the
> binary, a binary which is often very difficult to regenerate (which reminds me
> the time of Ultrix, where Digital accepted to ship the sources, but they were
> almost impossible to compile, if you wanted to reboot your Vax with a patched
> version).
It's interesting that you if can run a Java "binary" you'll also be able
to build the sources very easily. This is because Java is always linked at
run time, so the build-time and run-time dependencies are the same.
John Leuner
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