Re: Modified embedded jortho

[Felix Natter <fnatter@gmx.net>]

Markus Koschany <apo@debian.org> writes:

> Am 01.02.2016 um 18:30 schrieb Felix Natter:
>> hello debian-java,
>> 
>> the freeplane (1.[123]-)package used to install a separate package with a modified
>> embedded version of jortho (http://jortho.sourceforge.net/, GPL):
>>   https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/freeplane
>> 
>> I am in the process of modifying the package with the new gradle build
>> system, and wonder whether/why this is really necessary.
>> 
>> Thanks and Best Regards,
>
> Hi Felix,

hello Markus,

> I think if Freeplane still embeds jortho it might be useful to provide a
> separate package in case other packages needed it as a [build-]
> dependency. However why is jortho embedded at all? Would it not be
> better to create a standalone source package for jortho which freeplance
> could depend on? If this version of jortho is heavily modified and only
> useful in the freeplane context,

Yes, that is the case.

> then you can most likely remove the
> separate package but the question remains why those changes haven't be
> upstreamed yet?

I think there were disagreements regarding code or features.

--> I need to plan to drop libjortho-freeplane-java.

Do I need a Replaces: for freeplane-1.3's libjortho-freeplane-java
in the freeplane-1.5 package?

Thanks and Best Regards,
-- 
Felix Natter