Re: webCDwriter: Building with non-free tools; DFSG-conforming?. Dependencies vs Suggestions
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On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 10:35:23PM +0200, José Luis Tallón wrote:
> The question is:
> - Is jdk a *real* build-dependency ?
What is *real*? How do you define *real*? If you're talking about what
you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see...then
real is simply ... electrical signals interpreted by your brain.
hehe, couldnt resist :)
> - Will the autobuilders/build-daemons install javac ?
No. Why don't you try out jikes or gcj, they are both free.
Build-Depends: jikes | gcj | java-compiler
> Which are the sections of Policy, Developer's Reference, etc applicable
> here?
Policy 2.1.3: the contrib section
> Shall I ask an changes from upstream?
Not if you can build the applets with jikes or gcj, which should
be no problem if the applets don't use any funky JDK 1.4 features.
> As a side note: the "main" program will not work ( performs runtime checks
> against this ) if certain versions of *mpg123* ( mpg321 will not produce
> correct results ), vorbis-tools, cdrdao, dvd+rw-tools aren't installed.
> However, there are configuration variables which control their usage ( so
> that they are effectively not used if configured that way ).
>
> From a correctness point of view, I have marked theses packages as
> "suggested"
If the main program does not work without them, you must put them in
the Depends: list.
Hope this helps.
Bastian
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