-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Package: eclipse-platform Version: 3.2.1-6 Severity: important Justification: Renders package unusable for normal (new/inexperienced) users
This package is the base-package for several standalone packages like eclipse-cdt. And if you install e.g. eclipse-cdt it's only based on eclipse-platform. But eclipse-platform brings no script/program for running eclipse (nothing is installed to /usr/bin which means a normal user expects to install eclipse-cdt and have a running eclipse-system which is startable via the normal commands (in this case that would be eclipse on the shell or via the preferred GUI (e.g. KDE)). This problem is made worse by the fact that no documentation accompanies this package. This results in four possible approaches (as far as I can see) for resolving this problem: 1) raise eclipse from recommends (this should maybe forwarded to eclipse-cdt/-jdt/-...) to depends or 2) integrate the binaries into eclipse-platform or 3) create eclipse-bin package on which all plugins like CDT depend or 4) state clearly in the package-description of the plugins, that eclipse is required for running them. Again: this is not a problem for experienced users but for people who want to have a start with Debian (today I encountered this problem when helping a friend of mine). If you need further information, feel free to contact me. Greetings, Kai P.S.: I was not quite sure whether I should rate this as normal or important, but decided for important because http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities reads that it renders the package unusable for some users. - -- Kai Wasserbäch (Kai Wasserbaech) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber (debianforum.de): Drizzt URL: http://wiki.debianforum.de/Drizzt_Do%27Urden GnuPG: 0xE1DE59D2 0600 96CE F3C8 E733 E5B6 1587 A309 D76C E1DE 59D2 (http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de/pks/lookup?search=0xE1DE59D2&fingerprint=on&hash=on&op=vindex) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iQGVAwUBRxfQbKMJ12zh3lnSAQqqgAv+PSa9k3QQHFCG0VoLt7aPB7fUVJXckKBZ VYd/SbmpH4Cvyb2uC+d8D2qAjVQ0tyLZVazOG05OiW9mlOk+sG53jdGabHjsx+tt iIAkNcTV9gQBB8iAAB+YudmAfwwIhqd+1MpveWUPnveIJ3YmbTv8Ho+/mwPAXNq6 cm/Q5VXHNfDXq/r/tn8GQvWaebtsloJzbAA5VqZnrge/FEI17bb1D0dNcP/ctEE7 sO5/jusBMYosjv7nXG93pme4WSq00nfZKfCnPtey7JnmXlx7wrKCCqHKkwnCC4Az K1Imb78iwH4uN6SmTOqKrIVfCWofN5+5Aswy48SHDFYb3kN89y0bHBWZLTQSi5+g 3oCclj6nPu/9Q60LwKbLu9Z0b6lhLtPt5feV72EzZDVHk0YBo4TaO/pmEsEzRsHC U+7YkTZUwKQJBLEil+ZeQxJmtlDIVK+gWj65u+PhmKts9OUSEHgvXQSqzoPk2spb fS3Ej8i8C24CDOelOgKVx2cv1Rkdy5kn =djv+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ pkg-java-maintainers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-java-maintainers
