Control: tags -1 confirmed On 2013-03-18 23:04, Hilko Bengen wrote: > Package: javahelper > Version: 0.43 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > jh_makepkg's template for Maven projects produces a debian/rules file > that uses /usr/bin/mvn-debian whose maintainer does not support > "production use". The comment at the top of /usr/bin/mvn-debian is > correct: The template produced by jh_makepkg cannot even determine in a > robust way if the build attempt by mvn-debian has been successful or > not. > > Yet, production use is exactly what is implied by templates for building > Debian packages that are output by a script. > > In its current form, this template does more harm and frustration than > good for unsuspecting users (DDs such as myself who just want to package > some Maven-built software). On the other hand, supporting Maven seems to > be a bigger, more complicated, task that is better served by mh_make > from the maven-debian-helper package. > > I suggest removing maven "support" from jh_makepkg altogether; see my > patch below. > > Cheers, > -Hilko > > [...] >
I will probably have jh_makepkg recommend mh_make for this instead instead of just removing the options. But definitely seconded. I am planning on a rewrite of jh_makepkg and have therefore not applied your patch as-is. ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org