On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 06:57:34PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm quite new to Java and in particular to Java packaging. A blender > user pointed me to the Sunflow render engine[1] and was wondering why > there was no package for it in Debian. > > 1. http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/ > > I gave it a quick look and it looks like it builds fine with free tools, > and is also usable with them. A quick comparison (using the real-time > benchmark) shows that it doesn't work as well as with sun's jvm, but > well, it is at least usable, and people are free to install the VM they > want. > > I'd appreciate a review of the control file, which you can browse on > [2], selecting the top-most tree, then debian, then control (not > adding the URL, it's far too long). A source package is also available > at [3]. > > 2. http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/sunflow.git;a=summary > 3. http://alioth.debian.org/~kibi-guest/sunflow/sunflow_0.07.2.dfsg-1.dsc > > It looks like it builds fine in pbuilder, but I'd appreciate if you > could check that the B-D (e.g. on -compat-dev) is correct, as well as > the Depends: on the JVM. I'm not sure about the compatibility with > java1 and java2, is there any easy way to tell? As a first guess, > leaving the alternative as it is, and wait for an eventual bug report > sounds acceptable for me. > > Speaking of which, given some of your packages I looked at, the > alternative is OK, but lintian doesn't appreciate it. Is it correct to > override the warning?
I'm going to review and sponsor this. Cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
