Bug#286656: acknowledged by developer (Re: java-package: Could be merged with alien?)

[Andrew Ferrier]

Sure. I don't think there's necessarily any need for java-package to
disappear entirely: I was envisaging a situation where perhaps it
depended on alien and gave it extra functionality, perhaps by moving
some of the current code into alien patches. The alien maintainer might
be willing to expand on its patch mechanism if necessary I guess. It
seems to me this would bring benefits to java-package in terms of
reducing the common package translation logic.

Anyway, I guess it's probably a good idea to leave this open for the
moment as a placeholder. If I have any more thoughts, I'll add them.

Thanks,
Andrew.

On 2005-01-04 at 14:21 +0100, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:

> Hm, didn't know about /usr/share/alien/patches
> 
> One thing alien still can't do though is a kind of 'tracker' package,
> that can follow and alert about outdated java packages (not that
> currently java-package does so, but it could do so, and I plan to
> introduce that).
> 
> Also, I fear that alien won't be easily found if people are looking for
> 'java packages', and it'd be too specific for alien I guess if it would
> include desciptions about java etc, and virtual packages, etc etc.
> 
> So, I think, while I agree that if it were possible, it'd be neat, it is
> not really possible. Otoh, maybe java-package could actually depend on
> and use some of alien's functionality w.r.t. the building of packages.
> 
> Reopening to later investigate this possibility, although it won't have
> my priority at this moment. Of course, a more thorough investigation of
> the possibilities w.r.t. is always appreciated.

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