Java packages, guidelines, ...

[Konrad Meyer]

Quoth Jesse Keating:
> On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 02:08 +0000, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> > What guideline is this package failing?
> > http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/fedora/joni.spec

This is an old version of the spec, the current URL is 
http://konradm.fedorapeople.org/fedora/SPECS/joni.spec .

> Just from looking at it, why do you need both the version and the
> versionless .jar files?  What if you wanted multiple versions of this
> jar installed, how would you handle the symlink?  Why does this not
> build with GCJ?

The version and versionless .jar files are mandated by the Java packaging 
guidelines draft. If you installed multiple versions of the rpm, presumably 
you're knowledgeable enough to configure the symlink to your liking. As far 
as I am concerned GCJ is a slow, obsolete java compiler / environment, and 
shouldn't be used anymore. PPC and x86 alike have icedtea/openjdk in rawhide, 
which is FOSS and performs much better than GCJ.

What prevents the java packaging guidelines from becoming "real" instead of 
just a draft?

-- 
Konrad Meyer <konrad at tylerc.org> http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/
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