Bug#256283: [pylucene-dev] Re: PyLucence Debian Package
I'm dropping the Debian Java package maintainers from the CC: list.
Individuals can join in if they want.
Andi is correct, Java Lucene 1.4.3 compiles ok with a Free Software
toolchain. Specifically we use kaffe. Getting this to work took a lot
of time and effort. It is unknown at this time whether the release
candidate for Java Lucene 1.9 can be built using kaffe.
>Once there is a Debian Java Lucene 1.9 source package available, the PyLucene
>1.9 package could be made to depend on it, unpack it, apply the patches, build
>it (and not install it) and then build itself. Seems pretty straightforward to
>me.
Sorry, that's not how it works. Currently Java Lucene 1.4.3 is in Debian. That
does not mean the Java Lucene 1.4.3 source code is available to be used as
a build dependency.
A more likely scenario is what Matthew described - snapshot Java Lucene source
code and make that part of the PyLucene source package.
Yet Another Option (what are we on now, 5? 6?) is for Debian to patch
it's version
of Java Lucene 1.9 to be compatible with PyLucene. This only makes sense if
the patches are benign - i.e. do not significantly interfere with
other users of Java
Lucene. For example, the eclipse people would go berserk if we broke
their build.
Let's try to boil this down into an immediate todo list:
1) Find out if Java Lucene 1.9 can compile with kaffe [JB? Barry? Anyone?]
2) Look for other issues in the current PyLucene package [JB]
3) ???
In any case, my vote is to pick an approach that gets something in Debian
sooner rather than later. Programmer attention span is a rare commodity and
we should strike while it is hot.
Jeff
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