Re: RFS: libgnujaf-java

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On 2011-10-28 22:53, Jakub Adam wrote:
> Dear java packagers,
> 
> I am looking for a sponsor for package "libgnumail-java".
> 

Hi,

>  [..]
> 
> I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Jakub Adam
> 
> 


Thanks for looking into this, but could I ask you to double check this
package?  There is the DEP-5 which says it is Eclipse-EGit and not
libgnumail-java (and uses the "Orbital" team, which was an joke meant
for eclipse :P).  It is probably just the upstream name you got wrong,
but still...

Secondly, the OSGi metadata.  Is the gnu.* packages really "API" that
should be exported.  Personally I would think it is just an
implementation of the javax.* packages.
  The metadata does not have any Import-Package or Require-Bundle
entries, but it has a Class-Path.  Eclipse (and possibly all OSGi
implementations?) ignore Class-Path and only look at the OSGi metadata.
  If this is only for the javax.* packages, the imports might not be needed.


Note: I committed a few changes to svn (to deal with the javadoc split
for libgnujaf-java).

~Niels