Bug#286656: java-package: Could be merged with alien?

[Andrew Ferrier]

Package: java-package
Version: 0.17
Severity: wishlist

java-package is a very useful tool. However, what it does seems to be very 
similar to alien, except in a specific domain (i.e. Java). Would it not be of 
benefit to both projects to merge the knowledge of make-jpkg into alien? Just 
a suggestion.

I've copied the alien maintainer on this bug report.

Thanks,
Andrew.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (50, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages java-package depends on:
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