Bug#705565: Getting closure compiler back in testing?

[Daniel Pocock]

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On 30/12/13 21:03, tony mancill wrote:
> On 12/30/2013 11:54 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 30/12/13 20:35, Thomas Koch wrote:
>>> On Monday, December 30, 2013 10:19:53 AM Daniel Pocock wrote:
>>>> Tony made some commits in Git and it appears he is working to
>>>> resolve this
>>>> 
>>>> The rename of the binary package from
>>>> libclosure-compiler-java -> closure-compiler should probably
>>>> be done now as well to get this out of the way well before
>>>> the Jessie release.
>>>> 
>>>> I've made the changes for a rename on a branch called
>>>> "pkgrename" and pushed that into Git
>>>> 
>>>> Tony, are you making another upload shortly, would you like
>>>> to merge pkgrename perhaps?
>>> 
>>> closure compiler is also a library dependency, e.g. of gwt. It
>>> might be a good idea to provide two binary packages, one for
>>> the library jar and another one for the manpage + executable.
>> 
>> That is awkward with an executable JAR, it is just a single
>> artifact that can be used either way
> 
> It means that the "closure-compiler" binary package is merely the 
> /usr/bin/ symlink and the dependency on jarwrapper.
> 
> I don't know that it really matters much - the reason for the
> rename is to make the binary package easier to find, but the
> current java library package is named correctly (as per policy and
> ease of locating) as well.
> 
> I'm not sure if there is a best practice for executable JARs that
> are used in both contexts, but adding an additional binary package
> doesn't seem too bad.
> 

- From a useability perspective, I agree that the two packages is more
appealing

I'll change my own packages to depend on closure-compiler when it exists

I'd suggest doing the new binary package before doing the update to
the latest code, then it will be easier for the FTP masters to review

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