Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Debian

[Vincent Fourmond <fourmond@debian.org>]

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Torsten Werner <twerner@debian.org> wrote:
> Am 09.02.2011 15:51, schrieb Stefane Fermigier:
>> Can we start this discussion over with this option in mind ?
>
> There is another option that we should discuss:
>
> - distribute all those binary dependencies in a separate package, e.g.
> nuxeo-nonfree-libs via alioth.d.o or some other inofficial server
>
> - maintain a clean nuxeo package that (Build-)Depends:
> nuxeo-nonfree-libs in our contrib component but prefer any libs that
> have already been packaged in main
>
> - reduce the size of nuxeo-nonfree-libs step by step by packaging the
> jars in a Debian compliant way

  I'd vote for that too. That does not cause potential legal troubles
and allows a smooth (but probably very long) transition between
non-distributable to aceptable into main.

  Cheers,

      Vincent