Bug#698164: mandate unique package names in Debian Java policy

2013-01-16 Thread Eric Lavarde - Debian
Hi, Daniel Pocock said: B. I doubt that such a badly named package would be of enough interest / quality for Debian packaging (but I might be wrong, I don't know any example) There are examples like this. It has been argued by some developers that to compile using some toolchains (e.g.

Bug#698164: mandate unique package names in Debian Java policy

2013-01-16 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 16/01/13 09:05, Eric Lavarde - Debian wrote: Hi, Daniel Pocock said: B. I doubt that such a badly named package would be of enough interest / quality for Debian packaging (but I might be wrong, I don't know any example) There are examples like this. It has been argued by some

Bug#698164: mandate unique package names in Debian Java policy

2013-01-15 Thread Sylvestre Ledru
On 14/01/2013 21:25, Tomasz Muras wrote: On 01/14/2013 09:16 PM, Eric Lavarde wrote: Hello, On 14/01/13 19:48, Daniel Pocock wrote: A few projects exist without following this convention, and sooner or later somebody may try to package one of them. According to the Java Language

Bug#698164: mandate unique package names in Debian Java policy

2013-01-14 Thread Daniel Pocock
Package: java-common Severity: important Version: 0.47 I just had a read over the policy http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/java-policy/ One thing not mentioned is the use of namespaces/package names in Java The vast majority of projects use unique namespaces, specifically, using a

Bug#698164: mandate unique package names in Debian Java policy

2013-01-14 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 14/01/13 21:16, Eric Lavarde wrote: Hello, On 14/01/13 19:48, Daniel Pocock wrote: A few projects exist without following this convention, and sooner or later somebody may try to package one of them. According to the Java Language Specification, using a domain name is a suggested

Bug#698164: mandate unique package names in Debian Java policy

2013-01-14 Thread Tomasz Muras
On 01/14/2013 09:16 PM, Eric Lavarde wrote: Hello, On 14/01/13 19:48, Daniel Pocock wrote: A few projects exist without following this convention, and sooner or later somebody may try to package one of them. According to the Java Language Specification, using a domain name is a suggested

Bug#698164: mandate unique package names in Debian Java policy

2013-01-14 Thread Eric Lavarde
Hello, On 14/01/13 19:48, Daniel Pocock wrote: A few projects exist without following this convention, and sooner or later somebody may try to package one of them. According to the Java Language Specification, using a domain name is a suggested convention and not a mandatory obligation.