Hi, there is a tentative to have a debian package. More datails here: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomee-dev/201405.mbox/%3CCAFC9s3+7iJ2d7TG084rNSfg33=LNgD5m=fs1fw6anid-1hr...@mail.gmail.com%3E
The generated deb files pass the lintian tests, but they are not based on the existing Tomcat deb distribution. This is one of the reasons of why it will never be accepted in the main debian repository. Other reasons: * In order to be accepted, a package needs to pass very strict rules. One of these rules forbids duplication of binaries. TomEE packages duplicate all the tomcat jars provided by tomcat. * Another rule imposes that one should be able to create a debian package by calling a debuild command. The TomEE packages are built via maven. I was trying to make it automatic, so we wouldn't need to worry about these packages after every release. This project builds our deb files: https://github.com/apache/tomee/tree/trunk/tomee/tomee-deb * The source code of Debian packages should be stored here https://packages.debian.org/, which means another project to maintain. An example of source code is https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/tomcat7. You can download it here: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tomcat7/tomcat7_7.0.28-4+deb7u1.debian.tar.gz It is a lot of work, and I didn't have time to figure out how to proceed with an "all debian" package generation that is simple to use and maintain. The debian strict rules are there for a reason, but it makes things super hard for maven/java applications to conform. []s, Thiago. PS.: I was checking "docker" recently, and it simply blew up my mind. I suggest you to go check it out. It makes manual installations to look automatic. It is fantastic! I don't know why it took me so long to check what all that buzz was about. On 25 Aug 2014 10:06, "Kay Wrobel" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alex. > > I think this is a topic for the Debian/Ubuntu people because this team is > not concerned with packaging for any Linux distribution, I'm afraid. But to > be honest, my experience with most Java-related stuff in Debian or Ubuntu > is you'd be installing manually. Just gotta get a hang of it. > > Kay > > On 08/25/2014 08:35 AM, Alex Belch wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Great software, I’ve been developing with TomEE for about a year, >> its functionality is good and it’s rock solid reliable >> My suggestion is: >> It would be good if there was an apt-get install tomee >> Installation to make installs to e.g ubuntu quick and automatic >> >> Alex >> >> -------- >> >> We'd like to hear about anything you'd like to tell us. If you're short >> on ideas, here are some: >> >> - Ways we can speed up or improve your ability to evaluate TomEE >> - Anything you found difficult or inconvenient about using TomEE >> - Documentation you would like to see >> - Features you would like to have >> - Anything in general to improve TomEE or help us grow >> >> Keep in mind that out of every 100 people that try something out, maybe >> one will actually post about it. Feel incredibly encouraged to let us know >> about your experiences with TomEE even if you think we've heard it a >> hundred times. Odds are we have not heard it and, if we have, the most >> requested things are done first. So definitely let us know! >> >> Apache TomEE is free, but you can pay us with feedback :) >> >> Best regards, >> The Apache TomEE community >> > >
