Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Luca Vercelli Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.java Subject: Re: plans for eclipse luna in debian Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 09:00:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-java@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-java-request@lists.debian.org Sat Oct 10 06:56:01 2015 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.779 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, MURPHY_DRUGS_REL8=0.02, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -7 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=AyJ08E95wF5g/V87HPa5sJkSnHWJ2kESjgUVbLV0d1k=; b=VQDg0Si87q/vgVGpaAtBTaGpWIVifu3nJc8V8vvkNZznE4PkD/vXu1WMFcH+3VPeFw 1p5Y3bDhw8X/h6olJJDgQ3dpi+caCBQkc1hK/+/6K7PU/Vt/tCQAiXNVOq4h3UCrDCdw VshMNTVuluRGj3ddX2sxoX+0unkvGwlsL+PWuIHcU5ScrRLDmSG2K2fnMIMtuB5ACAfH HMN7e/zeQ69g56y81SJesFKwe1Vm8MBq9w+Z0XZuQhPVsVVxJdOsJ0dZCX19A7h0Tpdh Ex/dW18d2+9a0nh15BhLj/GkjQg3pAleAw9f4TwLAkc2xX1+Dbmf/DV+7K7hMSEkclCo 6u1A== X-Received: by 10.180.39.242 with SMTP id s18mr2998409wik.79.1444460139918; Fri, 09 Oct 2015 23:55:39 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/18765 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/5618B669.7030808@gmail.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 40 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 08:55:37 +0200 X-Original-Message-ID: <5618B669.7030808@gmail.com> X-Original-References: <551EA3D7.30105@onenetbeyond.org> <5617EEA7.6030803@gmail.com> <5617F732.6060202@gambaru.de> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.java:8451 Thank you Markus. It appears that there is not a single repo but a number of repos: https://git.eclipse.org/c/?q=e4 and they use maven (v.3) to compile it. I have a question: what is the feeling of this community for Maven? Can it be used to compile Java programs during Debian packaging? Regards, Luca Il 09/10/2015 19:19, Markus Koschany ha scritto: > Am 09.10.2015 um 18:43 schrieb Luca Vercelli: >> I agree with the question. Is there any plan to package a more recent >> version of Eclipse, i.e. Eclipse 4.4 Luna or Eclipse 4.5 Mars? >> 3.8 is quite an old version, and I don't think it's a good practice to >> use such an obsolete software. This is just my personal opinion, of course. >> I would like to contribute to packaging, if needed. > Yes, we would like to see a newer version of Eclipse too. There is > always need for more packagers. The latest version of Eclipse requires a > lot of work before it can be included. In order to help us you could: > > - Find out where the latest sources of Eclipse 4.5 are located. > - What build-dependencies are required? Do we have to package new ones > for Debian? A work plan would be nice. > - Create an initial Debian package of Eclipse similar to > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/eclipse > > > We probably have to start from scratch again (different build-system, > obsolete patches, new patches required, etc.). > > As soon as the core package works again we have to find out if further > updates are necessary, so that the whole Eclipse ecosystem stays intact: > > https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=all§ion=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=eclipse > > Regards, > > Markus >