packaging java applications i4 Debian

[Arnaud Vandyck]

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.

How do you build it? If it's build using autotools, no problem, but if
you are using ant, you also need to build-depends on ant.

> 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.

It's no so complicated but can take some time.
http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/developers.html
http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/building.html

Do you have an url where we can see the sources of the software?

Cheers,

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