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Re: CDBS regression affecting Java packages

From	Markus Koschany <apo@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.maint.java
Subject	Re: CDBS regression affecting Java packages
Date	2017-10-17 15:40 +0200
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Am 17.10.2017 um 12:40 schrieb Matthias Klose:
> On 14.10.2017 11:29, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> FYI many Java packages are currently failing to build due to a
>> regression in CDBS 0.4.143 (#878510). The DEB_UPSTREAM_VERSION variable
>> now contains the Debian revision and the builds typically break during
>> the install phase because the path of the jars to install becomes wrong.
> 
> I see that many packages are now converted to use plain debhelper.  Should that
> be a soft release goal for all java packages?

I believe that's more or less already the case but is nowhere
documented. I always do it when I come across a CDBS package which needs
a major update anyway. I also think that focusing on DH will make
maintenance easier in the long-term for everyone involved.

Markus

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CDBS regression affecting Java packages Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> - 2017-10-14 11:30 +0200
  Re: CDBS regression affecting Java packages Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> - 2017-10-17 12:50 +0200
    Re: CDBS regression affecting Java packages Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> - 2017-10-17 14:00 +0200
    Re: CDBS regression affecting Java packages Markus Koschany <apo@debian.org> - 2017-10-17 15:40 +0200

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