Re: [ANN] New version of j2se-package (formerly mpkg-j2sdk)
It would also be nice if the script could handle j2ee as well as j2sdk or j2re.
J. R. Westmoreland
On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 11:57:12PM +0100, Hubert Schmid wrote:
> Hi,
>
> a long time ago, I promised to rework my package mpkg-j2sdk in two weeks.
> I didn't accomplish this in two weeks, but now there is a new version and
> I renamed the package into "j2se-package".
>
> j2se-package creates a (binary) Debian package from an upstream binary
> Java(TM) 2 SDK or RE distribution, in order to easily install the
> non-free Java VMs on Debian machines.
>
> The new version works as follows:
>
> - j2se-package takes an J2SDK or J2RE and puts everything in
> /usr/lib/j2[sdk|re][1.3|1.4]-vendor. It also creates a copyright file
> and a README file in /usr/share/doc, but that's almost all.
>
> - For each upstream release from each vendor, there is a "peer"-package,
> that does the required stuff to integrate the package into debian.
> Currently it only updates alternatives, but it may also contain wrapper
> scripts, menu entries, etc.
>
> The advantage of this separation is, that the most problems can be easily
> fixed in the peer-package and the user doesn't need rebuild the binary
> package each time.
>
> The current version of "j2se-package" only supports Java2 SDK 1.4 from Sun
> Microsystems(TM), but I will add support for other J2REs und J2SDKs soon.
> The packages and sources can be found on my website
> http://www.z42.de/debian/
>
> regards,
> Hubert Schmid
>
>
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