Bug#676784: Policy §10.5 and .jar file noticeable exception

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 03:55:38PM +0300, Eugene Zhukov a écrit :
> 
> I encountered a Lintian warning executable-not-elf-or-script with one
> of my packages and then I learned about outstanding
> Lintian<->debian-policy bug #539315.
> 
> How about fixing the policy by adding an exception for .jar files?

Dear Eugene,

I do not see where the Policy forbids JAR files to be executable when they are
intended to be executed.  In line with others, I think that the interpretation
of section 10.5 on symbolic links in #539315 is overly restrictive, as
executable JAR files are not just compressed files, but entire archives.

Altogether, I think that we should close #676784 (the clone of #539315), or
clarify what is the intent of section 10.5, and what is meant by "compressed"
there.

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan