Re: Request for a java package review
On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 06:57:34PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm quite new to Java and in particular to Java packaging. A blender
> user pointed me to the Sunflow render engine[1] and was wondering why
> there was no package for it in Debian.
>
> 1. http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/
>
> I gave it a quick look and it looks like it builds fine with free tools,
> and is also usable with them. A quick comparison (using the real-time
> benchmark) shows that it doesn't work as well as with sun's jvm, but
> well, it is at least usable, and people are free to install the VM they
> want.
>
> I'd appreciate a review of the control file, which you can browse on
> [2], selecting the top-most tree, then debian, then control (not
> adding the URL, it's far too long). A source package is also available
> at [3].
>
> 2. http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/sunflow.git;a=summary
> 3. http://alioth.debian.org/~kibi-guest/sunflow/sunflow_0.07.2.dfsg-1.dsc
>
> It looks like it builds fine in pbuilder, but I'd appreciate if you
> could check that the B-D (e.g. on -compat-dev) is correct, as well as
> the Depends: on the JVM. I'm not sure about the compatibility with
> java1 and java2, is there any easy way to tell? As a first guess,
> leaving the alternative as it is, and wait for an eventual bug report
> sounds acceptable for me.
>
> Speaking of which, given some of your packages I looked at, the
> alternative is OK, but lintian doesn't appreciate it. Is it correct to
> override the warning?
I'm going to review and sponsor this.
Cheers,
Michael
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