On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 06:03:40PM -0400, James Damour wrote: > On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 17:31, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 05:26:21PM -0400, James Damour wrote: > > > It was my understanding from the Debian Java policy > > > (http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/java-policy/x73.html) that > > > by depending upon the java2-runtime (which is *not* supplied by gcj > > > 3.3), the filler package is correctly identifying a dependency that > > > wasn't satisfied on the system of the user in bug 255831. The fact that > > > there is *NO* package in Debian (main or contrib) that satisfies the > > > dependency is what causes the FTBFS bug. On the other hand, once the > > > Free Java hackers catch up, filler should run without modification. > > > > filler is in contrib, see > > http://www.nl.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-contrib > > > > packages in contrib are allowed to FTBFS due to missing dependencies in > > Debian. You may close any FTBFS bugs on filler caused by missing java2 > > packages in Debian referring to the debian policy, it is acceptable > > for contrib to FTBFS due to missing dependencies. > > OK, good to know. It's in packaging policy, one of the few must reads for maintainers... (others are DFSG, developers-reference, and preferable new-maintainers guide too). > > Your package doesn't propagate to testing at the moment due to missing > > depends, but this issue is currently being worked on by Andreas Barth. > > > I didn't know that. Should I try to contact Andreas and offer to help? He reads this list, I'm sure he'll contact you if your help is needed -- I'm in the impression though he'll manage. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar Jeroen@wolffelaar.nl (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl
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