Re: libsoprano sesame2 backend
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 07:11:06PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 Aug 2009 17:59:06 Ana Guerrero wrote:
> > Are you talking about something you found in a PPA or other repo?
> > Because ubuntu's soprano's package is quite similar to Debian's:
> > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/soprano
> >
> > There were some distribution problems not very clear with some sesame2
> > stuff (jar files ) last time I checked, and that is also a problem for
> > ubuntu.
> >
> > Also, take into account thata package something is not putting some files
> > under debian/, ship it to the archive and forget. You have to look at the
> > different packaging policies (in this case java) and keep them updated,
> > look at all the build depends and depends packaged, then keep mantaining it
> > and being able to look at bug reports... Nobody in the team was interested
> > in that, and that is most of the job.
> >
> > I think we both, ubuntu and debian packages, are looking forward to see the
> > virtuoso backend.
>
> Ana,
>
> I'm not sure if there's a difference in between sesame and sesame2.
>
> Kubuntu is packaging sesame:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/soprano-backend-sesame
>
They are packaging sesame split out from soprano, in multiverse, that is some kind
of communitary non-free repository. AFAIK, this is not ubuntu. Just some extra
repos they give support and you have to activate in your sources. Alike to
Debian's non-free.
I understood your first email as they were shipping sesame2 *inside* soprano
which defitively made things different.
> And the only additional dependency it adds is java2-runtime, which debian
> already packages.
>
Then, you can get the package, rebuild for yourself for Debian and report the
problems you find to upstream. Read pusling's mail in the thread for some more
help :)
As said, nobody in the team is interested in maintaining that. Once yu have it
in the archive, even if it is non-free, you have to give it a minimum of
support and take care of reverse deps, etc.
Ana
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