Re: package Apache James for Debian
On 24/08/2011 11:41, Ioan Eugen Stan wrote:
> 2011/8/23 ddave Dave <ddave1403@gmail.com>:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Eric Charles <eric.charles@u-mangate.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I think you didn't send to debian-java@lists.debian.org (just click on
>>> reply-to-all to be sure).
>>> Thx.
>>>
>>> On 23/08/11 11:38, ddave Dave wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I have joined today and wish to participate on this. Event I am new to
>>>> java packaging under debian but might help you on Java part. Please let
>>>> me know.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks & Regards
>>>> Devendra Dave
>
> Hello Dave,
>
> Cool, nice to see you are interested. Here is the way I see things going;
>
> 1. See what are the dependencies and first seek those that are atomic
> (don't depend on any other library). They will be the first things to
> package and I expect them to be small libraries, pretty easy to
> package.
> 2. Try to see what modifications to the maven pom can be made to
> support Debian builds and if possible integrate them upstream. This
> should not intrude on the normal way development works. Maybe create
> even a maven plugin that should ease this task.
> 3. Build on those until we manage to get everything in.
>
> Simple, no :> !
>
> If you want something more specific, I think we will probably begin
> with jSieve [0] or jDKIM [1]. Mime4j 0.6 is already packaged and you
> can see how from [2].
>
>
> [0] http://james.apache.org/jsieve/index.html
> [1] http://james.apache.org/jdkim/index.html
> [2] http://packages.debian.org/unstable/java/libapache-mime4j-java
>
> p.s. I am busy with some other projects so I don't expect things to go
> wild here. I hope to get James in a few months, with your help maybe
> faster. Don't hesitate to ask if you have problems. You can find me on
> James dev list for James related stuff. You can even send me private
> messages but for packaging stuff it's best if it is public.
>
> Regards,
Hello,
This page should help you to get started with packaging a Maven project
in Debian:
http://wiki.debian.org/Java/MavenDebianHelper
I'm working on improving the documentation for this package, so any
feedback or questions will be useful.
Ludovic
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