This sounds like an excellent idea, though I'm skeptical you would be able to automatically download source. Many times I find that I have to scour the internet to find the source for java dependencies, which could be packaged in different ways, or require me to package it myself from a source repository. This is much easier when dealing with Python (PyPi) or Ruby (RubyGems) since there are central repositories that contain the sources you're looking for.<br>
<br>While it would certainly be possible, it would not be trivial by any means. Can't wait to see how it goes; I would definitely use this tool!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 5:38 AM, Mikolaj Izdebski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mizdebsk@redhat.com" target="_blank">mizdebsk@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">> I would just add a note that it should be clear enough that this will<br>
> generate RPMs that would not be supportable on Fedora infrastructure.<br>
> In other words the tool would download binary jars from maven central,<br>
> place them in correct subdirectory in (/usr/share/java/maven2rpm/ for<br>
> example) and create proper depmaps so the resulting RPMs would be<br>
> integrated with rest of the system.<br>
<br>
</div>No, not at all. This tool would create spec files that after some minor<br>
manual tweaks could be included as a part of Fedora.<br>
<br>
This tool would download *source* tarballs and extract metadata from<br>
pom.xml files creating package skeleton with one artifact per subpackage,<br>
%build section consisting of mvn-rpmbuild and so on. Such package would<br>
meet packaging guidelines and could definitely be used to package<br>
software for inclusion in Fedora.<br>
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