Re: [aur-general] java pkgbuild

2009-06-15 Thread Allan McRae

nathan owe. wrote:
i am trying to find an example java build on arch wiki, also been 
looking at the forums. is there no example pkgbuild that i can copy 
and put in /usr/share/pacman/


There is none that I know of.   Most java packages just dump all their 
files in /usr/share/java/${pkgname}/ and add a launcher script to /usr/bin.


Allan






Re: [aur-general] java pkgbuild

2009-06-15 Thread nathan owe.

Allan McRae wrote:

nathan owe. wrote:
i am trying to find an example java build on arch wiki, also been 
looking at the forums. is there no example pkgbuild that i can copy 
and put in /usr/share/pacman/


There is none that I know of.   Most java packages just dump all their 
files in /usr/share/java/${pkgname}/ and add a launcher script to 
/usr/bin.


Allan




k thx. i guess i can figure it out. another question. how long normally 
does it take to be a TU. my main goal is just contributing to arch but 
being a TU would be nice one day


Re: [aur-general] java pkgbuild

2009-06-15 Thread Ronald van Haren
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:20 AM, nathan owe.ndowen...@gmail.com wrote:
 Allan McRae wrote:

 nathan owe. wrote:

 i am trying to find an example java build on arch wiki, also been looking
 at the forums. is there no example pkgbuild that i can copy and put in
 /usr/share/pacman/

 There is none that I know of.   Most java packages just dump all their
 files in /usr/share/java/${pkgname}/ and add a launcher script to /usr/bin.

 Allan




 k thx. i guess i can figure it out. another question. how long normally does
 it take to be a TU. my main goal is just contributing to arch but being a TU
 would be nice one day


It really depends. Make sure you learn most he packaging tricks and
contribute to AUR. Once you are confident you know most tricks in the
book and you think we are also confident you did, get in contact with
one of the current TUs and ask them to sponsor you.
Alternatively you may ask one at some point what they think you should
improve before you apply to increase your chances.

Ronald


Re: [aur-general] java pkgbuild

2009-06-15 Thread Ronald van Haren
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Ronald van Harenpre...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:20 AM, nathan owe.ndowen...@gmail.com wrote:
 Allan McRae wrote:

 nathan owe. wrote:

 i am trying to find an example java build on arch wiki, also been looking
 at the forums. is there no example pkgbuild that i can copy and put in
 /usr/share/pacman/

 There is none that I know of.   Most java packages just dump all their
 files in /usr/share/java/${pkgname}/ and add a launcher script to /usr/bin.

 Allan




 k thx. i guess i can figure it out. another question. how long normally does
 it take to be a TU. my main goal is just contributing to arch but being a TU
 would be nice one day


 It really depends. Make sure you learn most he packaging tricks and

* most of the

 contribute to AUR. Once you are confident you know most tricks in the
 book and you think we are also confident you did, get in contact with
 one of the current TUs and ask them to sponsor you.
 Alternatively you may ask one at some point what they think you should
 improve before you apply to increase your chances.

 Ronald


I should proofread *before* I hit send, not after :-p

Ronald


Re: [aur-general] java pkgbuild

2009-06-15 Thread nathan owe.

Ronald van Haren wrote:

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:20 AM, nathan owe.ndowen...@gmail.com wrote:
  

Allan McRae wrote:


nathan owe. wrote:
  

i am trying to find an example java build on arch wiki, also been looking
at the forums. is there no example pkgbuild that i can copy and put in
/usr/share/pacman/


There is none that I know of.   Most java packages just dump all their
files in /usr/share/java/${pkgname}/ and add a launcher script to /usr/bin.

Allan




  

k thx. i guess i can figure it out. another question. how long normally does
it take to be a TU. my main goal is just contributing to arch but being a TU
would be nice one day




It really depends. Make sure you learn most he packaging tricks and
contribute to AUR. Once you are confident you know most tricks in the
book and you think we are also confident you did, get in contact with
one of the current TUs and ask them to sponsor you.
Alternatively you may ask one at some point what they think you should
improve before you apply to increase your chances.

Ronald
  
At the moment i can do programs that use C** programming, of course some 
dont compile but if they compile fine i can usually get them to work and 
get it pkged correctly according to namcap


Re: [aur-general] java pkgbuild

2009-06-15 Thread Ronald van Haren
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:28 AM, nathan owe.ndowen...@gmail.com wrote:
 Ronald van Haren wrote:

 On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:20 AM, nathan owe.ndowen...@gmail.com wrote:


 Allan McRae wrote:


 nathan owe. wrote:


 i am trying to find an example java build on arch wiki, also been
 looking
 at the forums. is there no example pkgbuild that i can copy and put in
 /usr/share/pacman/


 There is none that I know of.   Most java packages just dump all their
 files in /usr/share/java/${pkgname}/ and add a launcher script to
 /usr/bin.

 Allan






 k thx. i guess i can figure it out. another question. how long normally
 does
 it take to be a TU. my main goal is just contributing to arch but being a
 TU
 would be nice one day



 It really depends. Make sure you learn most he packaging tricks and
 contribute to AUR. Once you are confident you know most tricks in the
 book and you think we are also confident you did, get in contact with
 one of the current TUs and ask them to sponsor you.
 Alternatively you may ask one at some point what they think you should
 improve before you apply to increase your chances.

 Ronald


 At the moment i can do programs that use C** programming, of course some
 dont compile but if they compile fine i can usually get them to work and get
 it pkged correctly according to namcap


start learning other programs, how to apply patches, make sure all
your packages follow the standards. At some point we'd like to see
that you know how to handle when issues arise. Remember we are a
bleading edge distro, not all things work just out of the box so
simple patches may need to be created.

Ronald


Re: [aur-general] java pkgbuild

2009-06-15 Thread Stefan Husmann

nathan owe. schrieb:
i am trying to find an example java build on arch wiki, also been 
looking at the forums. is there no example pkgbuild that i can copy and 
put in /usr/share/pacman/




Hello,

I do not think it is typical but if you want to see a java package witch 
 uses a buildsystem and which does nott only copy files from here to 
there, have a look at writer2latex in AUR.


Regards Stefan


Re: [aur-general] java pkgbuild

2009-06-15 Thread Daenyth Blank
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 02:12, nathan owe.ndowen...@gmail.com wrote:
 i am trying to find an example java build on arch wiki, also been looking at
 the forums. is there no example pkgbuild that i can copy and put in
 /usr/share/pacman/


I'd recommend looking around the AUR for good examples (Personally I
think my java-smack and scrollrack packages are decent)


Re: [aur-general] java pkgbuild

2009-06-15 Thread Eric Bélanger
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:12 AM, nathan owe.ndowen...@gmail.com wrote:
 i am trying to find an example java build on arch wiki, also been looking at
 the forums. is there no example pkgbuild that i can copy and put in
 /usr/share/pacman/


this might help: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Java_Package_Guidelines