* doc/guix.texi (Java Packages): New subsection.
---
doc/guix.texi | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 6c7107c..b54582b 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ Packaging Guidelines
* Synopses and Descriptions:: Helping users find the right package.
* Python Modules:: Taming the snake.
* Perl Modules:: Little pearls.
+* Java Packages:: Coffee break.
* Fonts:: Fond of fonts.
Contributing
@@ -10739,6 +10740,7 @@ needed is to review and apply the patch.
* Synopses and Descriptions:: Helping users find the right package.
* Python Modules:: Taming the snake.
* Perl Modules:: Little pearls.
+* Java Packages:: Coffee break.
* Fonts:: Fond of fonts.
@end menu
@@ -10980,6 +10982,25 @@ are also prepended by @code{perl-}. Such modules tend
to have the word
prefix. For instance, @code{libwww-perl} becomes @code{perl-libwww}.
+@node Java Packages
+@subsection Java Packages
+
+Java programs standing for themselves are named as any other package,
+using the lowercase upstream name.
+
+To avoid confusion and naming clashes with other programming languages,
+it's desirable that the name of a package for a Java package is prefixed
+with @code{java-}. If a project already contains the word
+@code{java}, we drop this; for instance, the package @code{dnsjava}
+is packaged under the name @code{java-dns}.
+
+For Java packages containing a single class or a small class hierarchy,
+we use the lowercase class name, replace all occurrences of @code{.} by
+dashes and prepend the prefix @code{java-}. So the class
+@code{apache.commons.cli} becomes package
+@code{java-apache-commons-cli}.
+
+
@node Fonts
@subsection Fonts
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