[fedora-java] Java Packages Tools 2.0.0 released

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 15:39 +0200, Mikolaj Izdebski wrote:
> A new major version (2.0.0) of Java Packages Tools (javapackages) has
> just been released.  Java Packages Tools is a collection of all kind
> tools, script and macros to support packaging Java.
> 
> Starting from version 2.0.0 Java Packages Tools includes functionality
> of JPackage Utilities (jpackage-utils) that is useful for Fedora.  This
> will allow jpackage-utils package to be obsoleted and provided by
> javapackages-tools (see below for more detailed explanation).
> 
> %add_maven_depmap macro now injects pom.properties to every JAR file it
> processes.  This will allow XMVn Subst to be used to replace any JAR
> files that are in system Maven repository, not only those built with
> Maven.  It will allow xmvn-subst to be effectively used to replace
> bundled JARs with symlinks after package built, which will allow
> simplification of packages containing complex symlinking in %install
> sections (for example jboss-as) as well as many Eclipse plugins.
> 
> %add_to_maven_depmap and %update_maven_depmap macros were removed.
> These macros have been obsolete for long time.  Their usage was
> preventing Fedora from implementing some features related to Maven
> metadata.  Packages using these macros will have to be ported to use
> %add_maven_depmap or they will fail to build.
> 
> maven2jpp-mapdeps.xsl template has been removed.  This template wasn't
> been used.  XMvn has its own way of mapping dependencies.  To best of my
> knowledge nothing in Fedora used this template.
> 
> Macros related to installation of icons and desktop files were removed.
>  These legacy macros were out of scope of Java Packages Tools --
> standard Fedora macros should be used instead.
> 
> 14 new manual pages were added.  These manpages document RPM macros
> (such ad %pom_* macros) and commands related to packaging Java.  More
> manual pages are planned in future.

Thanks! This will be very useful indeed!

Cheers,
Severin