Collaboration with Debian-Java

[Wolfgang Baer]

Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
>>My name is Wolfgang Bär and I am working on packaging Java GIS
>>(Geographical Information System) Software for the Debian-GIS project.
>>
>>As I am not a DD and new to packaging - but eager to learn - I would
>>like to cooperate the Java GIS packaging stuff with Debian-Java.
> 
> 
> http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/developers.html
> http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/building.html
> http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/java-policy/
> 

I already read them - and accept the rules :-)
All the packages I will upload in the future will
be "open" packages.

> 
>>I currently prepare GIS programs - but beside the normal program
>>packages there are also several non gis libraries to package first:
>>
>>I am currently working on
>>
>>vecmath - a free implementation of the java3d 1.2 vecmath library
>>jama - a java matrix library
>>jcifs - java cifs library
>>jogl - java opengl binding
>>
>>I would like to add the non gis packages to the debian-java project and
>>therefore join debian-java as a member. As I am not a DD I would need a
>>sponsor for uploading to debian (when the packages are in a good shape
>>for sure).
> 
> [...]
> 
> Send me your Alioth's account, I'll add you to the group. Don't forget
> to read *all* the documents I pasted here! Don't put non-free packages
> in Alioth, only put the 'debian' directory to the cvs, etc...

Account: wbaer-guest

OK - so I will review my packages one more time before uploading. I will
have some questions before that - I will come back with one mail per
question this evening !

I don't want to package non-free stuff. Where it will be possible to
build with free tools I will do it. But especially in the GIS field 
there are programs that depend on non-free stuff like for example java
advanced imaging or the jdk1.4 (for the jawt.h interface). But this
will be contrib as the programs itself are free, or ?

> When your parckages are ok, send a mail here and those who have time
> will review it and you'll find a sponsor.

Thanks !

Should I start filing ITP bug for my libraries, as a non DD ?

> 
> [...]
> 
>>There are also some java packages in debian needing an updated version
>>for the gis programs. This is also an area where I would like to work
>>with you. I will also help in your effort to bring java packages to
>>main.
> 
> except bsh and jfreechart, which ones?
> 

Thats the packages which needs an update. For helping in the effort to
bring java pakcages to main - Just tell me which ones are the importants
and I will help out.

Regards,

Wolfgang