Hi Josh, On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 09:07:05PM +0100, Josh Moore wrote: > > > Yes, thanks this is exactly what we were looking for: > > > > https://github.com/openmicroscopy/openmicroscopy/tarball/v.4.3.4 > > > > Andreas asked me about the jar's containing classes without source code in > > the release: Would you be willing to give us a list of all the jar's > > external to OMERO so we can 'Debianise' your release?
I checked this out (but will *not* be able to do any relevant work on this for the next couple of monthes. Volunteers from Debian Med (or from OME who can get advise about packaging here on our list - we are practicising this since some time which is quite successful) are welcome. > This is the comprehensive list: > > https://github.com/openmicroscopy/openmicroscopy/tree/master/lib/repository > > but I know that some work has already been done for some of the OME-specific > jars, like Bio-Formats and all of its dependencies, and many of the jars will > have already been Debian-ised. (btw, where did the number '>800' come from?) We based our research upon the git clone whe have drawn. Probably to much. Currently I see $ tar -tzf openmicroscopy-openmicroscopy-v.4.3.4-0-gdbcbce5.tar.gz | grep "\.jar$" | wc -l 232 I have not inspected this in more detail because of time issues. Just one random shot: openmicroscopy-openmicroscopy-baf04df/lib/repository/postgresql-8.3-604.jdbc3.jar Things like this will cause trouble. Relaying on specific versions is not a good idea and there will be no postgresql 8.x in the next stable Debian release any more. > > OME/OMERO is already on the Debian-med 'wish-list' - Info about Debian-Med > > is at: > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMed/ > > > > Andreas advised me about how to begin packaging OMERO and I'll post a > > message on the Debian-med list about it to see who is interested. > > Sounds great. I've joined debian-med and will try to follow any discussions. > For OME devs who may be interested: Good. You will notice a lot of mentoring about packaging on the list (and also in the list archive). I just need to post my backlog from traveling which is also extensive mentoring of newbees from the recent Debian Med sprint where Toni asked me about OME. > > My immediate objective is to make it avaialble in Bio-Linux, but it would > > be better to have it as a Debian-Med package. The difficulty with that is > > how to comply with Debian policy of building a package entirely from > > source. Any help you can give us about identifying jar's containing > > external dependencies without source in the release would be useful. > > I'm not sure how far it gets us toward debianification, but my assumption was > that a "debian" Ivy resolver would go a long way by pulling jars strictly > from /usr/share/java: > > > https://github.com/openmicroscopy/openmicroscopy/blob/master/etc/ivysettings.xml I just learned that Java packages tend to become a complex packaging task because of this. The alternative is to upload a package including prebuilded JARs to Debian non-free where things could go where we do not have any source for. Debian non-free is not part of the official Debian distribution however, you need to prove that the files in your package are distributable from our website at all. Sou you need to dive into the jungle of licenses of every single file without source - sometimes it is easier to build a package from this dependency and move it including source to main. Debian ftpmaster is (and needs to be) quite picky about those licenses. Kind regards Andreas, hoping to be able to at least start an initial discussion about OME even I can not spend much time on it. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
