RFD: Maven Repository Specification

[Torsten Werner]

Hi Marcus,


On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Marcus Better <marcus at better.se> wrote:
>  "In a later upstream version 'c' adds another depends 'i' and that means
> that we have to change all reverse depends of 'c' including 'a' (like
> adding i.jar to DEB_JARS in debian/rules)."
>
> Only if 'i' is really a build-dep of 'a', in which case we will have to
> update the build-deps of 'a' anyway,

no because it is 'c' that will get a new Depends: i and all reverse
(Build-)Depends of 'c' (including 'a') will profit from that - there
is no need to update 'a'.

In a future version of maven-debian-helper I might implement something
similar to '${shlibs:Depends}' (maybe ${maven:Depends}?) and all
direct (non transitive) Debian dependencies will be calculated
automatically.

> This is way too invasive and Maven-centric. The build system should not
> dictate where files are installed in Debian. I would prefer the other way
> around: symlinks in $REPO, and files installed elsewhere (for example the
> current locations, to avoid moving existing files around).

Okay I will change the spec to optionally allow installation of
symlinks into $REPO.


Cheers,
Torsten