On 16.07.2010, at 01:30, Matthew Johnson wrote:
On Thu Jul 15 12:14, Alexander Holupirek wrote:
To make a long story short. A list on the available helpers, their current
status and a link on how they should be used (or not) would be a great help
for novices.
I am working on this, I've just written a talk on Javahelper to give at Debconf
this year, which I'll make available later, and I've been writing example
sample packages using Javahelper (and dh7, not cdbs) here:
http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/examples/
Thanks, Matthew. That's indeed a good overview and quick start.
I've not got a maven one yet though.
It would be nice to clarify the status of mvn-build(1) there (is it ready to be
used for 'real' package building or should it be avoided as mentioned in its
man page).
It would also be cool to have analogous examples for the mh_* tools for library
and application building.
Are there chances to get some of that stuff mentioned in the 'New
maintainers guide'? (maybe in section '4.4.3 Customization of rules file',
where also dh_pysupport and the like is mentioned?) [1]
Thanks,
Alex
[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-dreq.en.html