On 12/28/2009 02:19 AM, Alexander Kurtakov wrote:
>
> What is the general guidance for java packages on Fedora? Should a java
> user/developer go to JPackage for all their java needs (a la RPMFusion
> for your binary graphics drivers and patent encumbered codecs), or
> should Fedora itself be packaging everything that is needed? Do any
> Fedora packages also contribute to JPackage? Furthermore, for the more
> pressing issue of severely outdated dependencies, should we be rebasing
> to the current JPackage, updating the existing specs, or creating new,
> modernized specs to update the packages?
I would say that most of the active Java Fedora packagers have the same
relationship with JPackage as with Debian - we just take what/when/if we need
and let other maintainers do the same when we are better.
Thanks for clearing that up. I was confused by some of the wiki pages
as to whether the approach was to get whatever people want/need into
Fedora or as a default point them to JPackage.
Java packages in Fedora has grown to a big number but in a different
direction
- JPackage is working more on server-side things while work in Fedora is more
for end-users/developers e.g. Eclipse, Netbeans, OOo, IntelliJ Idea (Fedora 13
feature) and KDE/Nepomuk/Soprano integration (slowly advancing
).
I guess that leads to the next question (which may be best for another
thread)... Do we want to package up libraries as a supporting item to
the Java development tools we currently ship? How far down the road of
serverside java development/deployment do we want to go?
Aaron