Re: Updated java policy

[Ben Burton <benb@acm.org>]

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Package: java-common
Severity: wishlist

Current Java policy states:

"If the Java code depends on code written in a "native" language, for example 
Java Native Interface code, the compiled native code &should; be shipped in a 
separate architecture-specific package. The package containing Java bytecode 
should depend on this package."

Please replace "separate architecture-specific package" with 
"architecture-specific package named libXXX[version]-jni" (or something 
similar that describes the naming convention that I believe was agreed upon).

Please also add something following this paragraph along the lines of:

"There may be situations however, such as with very small packages, where it 
is better to bundle the Java code and the native code together into a single 
package.  Such packages should be architecture-specific and follow the usual 
libXXX[version]-java naming convention."

Thanks - Ben.

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Ben Burton
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