packaging java applications i4 Debian

[Jeroen van Wolffelaar]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 08:21:21PM +0200, Dr. Christoph Gille wrote:
> Dear Debian Developers,
> 
> I have developed an application in Java and
> have been invited (sponsored) to include this application into Debian.
> 
> The application consists of only one jar file and does not depend on other
> packages apart from Java >= 1.4.
> 
> Is there a very fast and easy way to make a debian package from the jar file.
> I do not want to spent much time on learning the details of Debian packages.

In this case, you should request that someone packages your application
for Debian and wants to maintain it afterwards. The Debian maintainer
should know about Debian packaging internals, and you, the upstream
developer of the application itself, are then upstream for it (and
communicate with the Debian maintainer in case of questions, bugs, etc).

Maybe someone on this list gets interested and packages your
application (I suggest adding a brief explanation of what it actually
does and for whom it's useful), if that fails, you can file an "RFP"
for it, a 'request for package'. The easiest way is to type 'reportbug
wnpp' and then choose 'RFP' in the menu on your Debian system.

--Jeroen

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