Package: javahelper Version: 0.43 Severity: normal Hello,
I have recently recalled the discussion on debian-java again about auto-generating versioned dependencies for Java packages [1] and i thought it would be a good idea to track the status of this bug with a bug report against javahelper. I think another way to improve the situation would be to take the build-dependencies into account. For example i maintain mediathekview that build depends on libjgoodies-forms-java (>= 1.6) at the moment. Deriving versioned dependencies from build-deps seems like an easy way to me to improve the situation. Mediathekview also provides a manifest file so that jh_depends can automatically create the needed dependencies. I believe it would be a huge step forward if javahelper would either parse the manifest file which could be somehow enhanced by adding an additional parameter for versioned dependencies, e.g. Class-Path: /usr/share/java/libjgoodies-java-forms (>= 1.6) Another option would be to parse Build-Depends or Build-Depends-Indep and to check for versioned dependencies here and add them to the package dependencies with jh_depends automatically, if the build-dep is also present in the manifest file or CLASSPATH. If someone needed another versioned dependency, he or she could easily override this behaviour by adding the dependency to the package manually as it is right now. Regards, Markus [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2013/04/msg00139.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org