Hi Emmanuel, On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi Sergio, > > Le 19/10/2015 15:37, Sergio Fernández a écrit : > > > So, do you really need the build.xml for maintain > > the libcommons-lang-java.deb package? > > libcommons-lang-java contains the old 2.x version, the new 3.x version > is packaged in libcommons-lang3-java and already uses Maven. So removing > the Ant build for Commons Lang will not affect Debian (this isn't true > for all Commons components though). OK, perfect, I've created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1175 for tracking that. > I've quite good experience with the jdeb plugin [2] for that, and > > I coould volunteer for the task; but I saw you use another helper method > > [3]. What would be the preferable setup? > > Some help for the maintenance of the Apache Commons components (or the > other Apache Java projects) would be really welcome (we are ~10 active > developers maintaining 900 packages spanning the whole Java ecosystem). > If you are interested I can show you how updates are done and sponsor > your changes. Commit access and upload rights can also be granted to > those willing to publish directly the new releases to Debian/Ubuntu. > I can't promise that much time, but I'll do my best to help in the maintenance of packages for the Commons components and other Apache projects. Related, quite some time ago I opened a RFP for another project I'm actively involved https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=739957 So joining you, and if someone could sponsor my contributions, I could understand better how things work. So, tell me, how should we proceed next? Thanks! -- Sergio Fernández Partner Technology Manager Redlink GmbH m: +43 6602747925 e: sergio.fernan...@redlink.co w: http://redlink.co
