> [check dependency with bundle type]
> > > dpkg --status libgson-java
> > [error] Package libgson-java (2.1-1) is already installed and
> > contains a possible match,
> > but I cannot resolve library com.google.code.gson:gson:jar:null in it.
> > [error] Please check manually that the library is up to date,
> > otherwise it may be necessary to package version null in Debian.
> > Try again to resolve the dependency?
> > [y]/n >
> >
> >
> > Is this because dependency has no version, but how then junit dependency
> > is found if it has no version as well?
> > What is the proper way of fixing this?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Boris Ribalkin <
ribalkin@gmail.com
> > <mailto:
ribalkin@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ludovic,
> >
> > Actually I am the owner of the uclo
> ud
> project on github :) so I can
> > make any changes you suggested. Wil let you know if it will work.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > On Dec 8, 2011 4:58 PM, "Ludovic Claude" <
ludovic.claude@laposte.net
> > <mailto:
ludovic.claude@laposte.net>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Boris,
> >
> > It looks like you are almost there. Your project is hosted on
> > Github,
> > but I don't support yet Git, so the debian/watch used to find
> > the latest
> > version and get the upstream code is not generated by mh_make.
> >
> > However there are lots of other packages which get their sources
> > from
> > Github (basex, plexus-cipher, junit4, libjdom1-java), so you can
> > study
> > their packaging using apt-get source <package>.
> >
> > This watc
> h file
> should in theory get the latest release of uCloud,
> > expect that it does not...
> >
> > cat <<EOF > debian/watch
> > version=3
> >
http://githubredir.debian.net/github/cyberb/uCloud/ (.*).tar.gz
> > EOF
> >
> > You should ask the project owner to tag in Git the latest release,
> > otherwise it's not possible to know what to download. Or better, he
> > should use maven-release-plugin to create a release of the project.
> >
> > After you get this detail sorted, then you should add those lines to
> > debian/rules:
> >
> > get-orig-source:
> > uscan --download-version $(DEB_UPSTREAM_VERSION)
> > --force-download --rename
> >
> > Finally, if you work on Ubuntu and use Laun
> chpad,
> then you
> > should store
> > your packaging in bzr:
> >
> > sudo apt-get install bzr-builddeb
> > bzr init
> > mkdir .bzr-builddeb/
> > echo -e '[BUILDDEB]\nmerge = True' > .bzr-builddeb/default.conf
> > bzr add .
> >
> > and you can build your package with
> >
> > bzr bd
> >
> > Well that's the usual procedure. In your case, since it's
> > difficult to
> > get the upstream sources, you need to download them yourself
> > and put
> > them in a tar.gz file which you should call
> > ucloud_1.0.0.orig.tar.gz and
> > copy it in the parent directory. Doing so will make bzr bd / debuild
> > happy since they don't have to download the sources.
> >
> > Consider also joining the Debian Java team, as
> it's
> full of
> > active and
> > knowledgable developers
> > (
http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/JavaPackaging).
> > Once your package is ready, you can ask to include it in Debian
> > and it
> > will land some time later into Ubuntu.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ludovic
> >
> > On 08/12/2011 07:31, Boris Ribalkin wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info, your new package is much better.
> > > After running mh_make in the root of my project, looks like
> > everything
> > > went fine, just one exception at the end:
> > >
> > >> Cannot recognize the download url
> > > (scm:git:
https://github.com/cyberb/uCloud.git).
> > > I've tried different scm urls, but it is always the same, is
> > it OK?
> > >
> > > than I ran debuild and got the following error:
> > >
> > >> This package has a Debian revision number but there does not
> > seem to be
> > > an appropriate original tar file or .orig directory in the
> > parent directory;
> > > (expected one of ucloud_1.0.0.orig.tar.gz,
> > ucloud_1.0.0.orig.tar.bz2,
> > > ucloud_1.0.0.orig.tar.lzma, ucloud_1.0.0.orig.tar.xz or
> > ucloud.orig)
> > > continue anyway? (y/n) y
> > >
> > > and then
> > >
> > >> dpkg-source: error: can't build with source format '3.0
> >
>
> (quilt)': no
> > > orig.tar file found
> > > dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source -b ucloud gave error
> > exit status 255
> > > debuild: fatal error at line 1348:
> > > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc failed
> > >
> > > Do you have any idea what is wrong?
> > >
> > > Thanks again for the help!
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Ludovic Claude
> > > <
ludovic.claude@laposte.net
> > <mailto:
ludovic.claude@laposte.net>
> > <mailto:
ludovic.claude@laposte.net
> > <mailto:
ludovic.claude@laposte.net>>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Privet Boris,
> > >
> > > Packaging a multi-module Maven project should be quite
> > easy now,
> as
> you
> > > can run Maven itself for the build and use
> > maven-debian-helper to
> > > install the jars at the proper location. Of course you
> > need to have all
> > > dependencies already packaged in Debian/Ubuntu.
> > >
> > > I have written a tool which should assist you create the
> > packaging for a
> > > Maven project, it's called mh_make and can be found in the
> > > maven-debian-helper package. Here's an old wiki page which
> > explains how
> > > to use it.
> > >
> > >
http://wiki.debian.org/Java/MavenDebianHelper
> > >
> > > As it's still work in progress, there might be bugs but if
> > you're lucky
>
> >
> > it will do most of the work for you. I'm interested in
> > your feedback of
> > > course. You should install at least the latest
> > maven-repo-helper and
> > > maven-debian-helper packages from my PPA with the command
> > > sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ludovicc/ppa && sudo apt-get
> > update
> > > sudo apt-get upgrade
> > >
> > > Ludovic
> > >
> > > On 06/12/2011 08:22, Boris Rybalkin wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > As I see you are supporting multiple java packages on
> > launchpad, but I
> > > > am trying to create my first.
> > > > Could you help me a little with multi module maven based
> > project?
> >
> > > Just may be with some advices on where to go.
> > > >
> > > > I used to run "mvn package" which gives me (using
> > assembly plugin)
> > > ready
> > > > to use distribution folder with all the JARs and run
> > scripts. But
> > > now I
> > > > am thinking of creating PPA so I can share the app and
> > here I have
> > > some
> > > > problems
> > > > My package recipe:
> > >
https://code.launchpad.net/~ribalkin/+recipe/ucloud-