Bug#510021: ITP: rjava -- GNU R low-level interface to Java

[Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Owner: Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : rjava
  Version         : 0.6-0
  Upstream Author : Simon Urbanek
* URL or Web page : http://www.rforge.net/rJava
* License         : GPL-2
  Description     : GNU R low-level interface to Java

rJava is a base package used by other packages R packages interfacing Java.  

With the difficulties we had in establishing a 'free' Java base to build this
with, it has taken a while to package this.  We are now configuring the core
R package 'r-base-core' to be Java-aware via including the openjdk-6-jdk
package in the Build-Depends on r-base-core.

Having rJava in the archive makes it easier to use (and/or package) other
Java-built R package.

The upstream DESCRIPTION files:
   Package: rJava
   Version: 0.6-0
   Title: Low-level R to Java interface
   Author: Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek@r-project.org>
   Maintainer: Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek@r-project.org>
   Depends: R (>= 2.5.0), methods
   Description: Low-level interface to Java VM very much like .C/.Call and
     friends. Allows creation of objects, calling methods and accessing fields.
   License: GPL version 2
   URL: http://www.rforge.net/rJava/


The suggested debian/control file:
   Source: rjava
   Section: math
   Priority: optional
   Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
   Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.0), r-base-dev (>= 2.8.1), cdbs, openjdk-6-jdk, automake
   Standards-Version: 3.8.0
   Homepage: http://www.rforge.net/rJava
   
   Package: r-cran-rjava
   Architecture: any
   Depends: r-base-core (>= 2.8.1), ${shlibs:Depends}
   Description: GNU R low-level interface to Java 
    This package provide a low-level interface from GNU R to Java VM very much 
    like .C/.Call and friends. Allows creation of objects, calling methods and 
    accessing fields.

Dirk
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