Adopting libapache-mod-jk and libapache2-mod-jk2

[Wolfgang Baer]

Guus Sliepen wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 09:40:42PM +0200, Wolfgang Baer wrote:

> Thanks! So far, I can't see anything wrong with the packages. Personally
> I'm glad to see CDBS isn't used anymore. It builds without problems
> (under sarge as well). I will test the packages tomorrow with a real
> setup (apache2, tomcat5, Java servlets).

That would be great as I only tested with tomcat4/apache1.3 and JSP
examples and have no other setup available.

>>One thing currently not addressed is a possible upgrade path
>>from the deprecated libapache2-mod-jk2 package. I am not sure
>>if this is possible at all because of different configuration
>>files - comments are welcome !
> 
> AFAIK there is no Supersedes: option for control files, but I wouldn't
> Conflict, Provide or Replace libapache2-mod-jk2. There is no technical
> reason why the packages couldn't coexist, and since the configuration
> files have a different format you can't just replace jk2 with jk.

Sure they can coexist - however we want to remove libapache2-mod-jk2
from the archive after mod-jk for apache 2 will be availabe. Therefore
anything which would inform users to change to the new package would
be good ...

Thanks,
Wolfgang