Re: JNotify

[Omry Yadan <omry@yadan.net>]

Hi,

Thanks for your responses.

that main guide seem to assume that I want to package a program, not a lib.

also, it makes some assumptions about the structure of my package
release bundle.


my library has native parts, and this is the project layout:


jnotify : all the java code (including platform specific code).

jnotify_linux : native code for the linux lib.

jnotfiy_windows : native code for the windows lib.


I have an ant file that can build it all on linux (including the windows
part), it outputs a zip file containing everything needed.


how would you start debianizing it?

mus I first create a jnotify-ver.tar.gz file?

if so, what internal directory structure should that tar.gz have?


Thanks.

     Omry.



Eric Lavarde - Debian wrote:

> Hi,
>
> being relatively new to the world of packaging, I'll be a bit more specific:
> - start with reading the New Maintainer's guide, on the devel page given
> by Michael, or out of the maint-guide package.
> - create an ITP (Intent To Package) on the wnpp "package" (with reportbug).
> - CDBS is in deed really nice to easily package a Java library.
> - as a basis for your package, I can suggest my packages
> libjgoodies-forms-java and libjcalendar-java. They use CDBS and are pretty
> straight-forward aka simple to understand.
> - once you've packaged the library and can install & remove it without
> error or warnings and once it's lintian & linda clean, you can ask for a
> sponsor on this list.
>
> If you have questions in the mean time, you are welcome to ask back
> questions on this list or on the debian-mentors list. Nevertheless, most
> of your questions will already been answered before, either in the Debian
> Policy or in the Developer's Reference, so you should consider these 2
> documents as your bible/thora/coran ;-).
> Check also http://wiki.debian.org/Java and http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/
>
> Hope this helps,
> Eric
>
>   
>> On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 10:12:18AM +0300, Omry Yadan wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> JNotify (http://sourceforge.net/projects/jnotify/) is a java library
>>> that provide file system notification for java applications running on
>>> linux and windows, licensed under lgpl.
>>>
>>> I`d like to get it into Debian, what's the procedure?
>>>       
>> Read all the documentation at http://www.debian.org/devel/. Look at some
>> other packages. Java libraries preferable. Look at CDBS. Package JNotify.
>> Upload it somewhere, e.g. mentors.debian.net. Come back and ask for review
>> and upload of the package.
>>
>> It would be nice to maintain this udner the Debian Java maintainers
>> umbrella. When the package is done we can commit the package to our SVN
>> and start maintaining from there.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Michael
>>     
>
>