Re: maven2 for Debian
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 03:14:00PM +0100, Marcus Better wrote:
> Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
> >> The only requirement I have from the Debian packagers is that Maven from
> >> Debian still behaves *exactly* like Maven from Apache from a users point
> >> of view.
>
> > we cannot distribute a software for Debian that could install non free
> > software in all ~'s.
>
> Of course we can - wget can do that... :-) A Debian user (building stuff for
> their own use) would expect Maven to work the same as it does elsewhere.
Full ACK. Even apt-get can install non-free Software when configured to
do so.
> How about this mini-plan for packaging Maven:
>
> Step 1. Package Maven for "use case 1" only, i.e., targetted for regular
> users, with functionality identical to upstream (as much as possible).
>
> Step 2. Implement any changes and extensions needed for building Debian
> packages with it.
>
> I suspect that Step 1 will take most of the effort.
That is exactly what I have started on. The binary maven package was
just a (hoepfully useful) testcase.
Cheers,
Michael
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