Re: Debian Java checkstyle package.

2007-01-12 Thread Marcus Better
Michael Koch wrote: Please just add yourself. Wolfgang is MIA currently but thats not yet a reason to remove them. What _is_ a reason to remove someone? A package maintained by a MIA would normally be orphaned. It's easy enough to add the person back when (s)he starts working again. In the

Re: Request to join Debian Java Packaging Project

2007-01-12 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
On 1/7/07, Paul Cager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Hi, Please can I apply to join the Java Packaging Project. I've opened an account on alioth (paulcager-guest), and I'm subscribed to pkg-java-maintainers and debian-java. Welcome to the project, many thanks for your help, -- Arnaud

Re: Changing policy for the Maintainer field

2007-01-12 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
On 1/9/07, Marcus Better [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stefan Gybas wrote: The Maintainer has ultimate responsibility for the package, What if this person becomes MIA? One of the Uploaders will notice and take over the package and replace the Maintainer, which would be an improvement over the

Re: Location of API docs

2007-01-12 Thread Marcus Better
Matthias Klose wrote: How come? I thought we put api docs in the -doc package, if there is one. exactly, but into the /usr/share/doc/$package/api directory, not into the /usr/share/doc/$package-doc/api directory. Oh, I wasn't aware of that. I've been doing it the other way around. But it

Re: Changing policy for the Maintainer field

2007-01-12 Thread Marcus Better
Arnaud Vandyck wrote: As you mentionned, a lot of packages does not need a lot of attention. Why do you want to orphan a package that could be just here because a lot of people use it and it does not need upload! *Because at a certain point it will need attention, perhaps urgently, and then

Re: Debian Java checkstyle package.

2007-01-12 Thread Marcus Better
Arnaud Vandyck wrote: On 1/12/07, Marcus Better [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Koch wrote: Please just add yourself. Wolfgang is MIA currently but thats not yet a reason to remove them. What _is_ a reason to remove someone? A package maintained by a MIA would normally be orphaned.

Re: Changing policy for the Maintainer field

2007-01-12 Thread Eric Lavarde - Debian
Hi Marcus, I'd like to raise three things: 1. you say twice in your email that Debian has a Java quality issue. Can you please be more specific, I don't understand which issue(s) you're aiming at? 2. perhaps a step to make those issues visible and more easily addressable by the pkg-java team,

Re: Changing policy for the Maintainer field

2007-01-12 Thread Marcus Better
Eric Lavarde - Debian wrote: 1. you say twice in your email that Debian has a Java quality issue. Can you please be more specific, Yes, I can give examples, but not until next week though. It has to do with bugs, even important ones, not getting attention. For a quick idea, look at the history

Re: Location of API docs

2007-01-12 Thread Eric Lavarde - Debian
Hi, Marcus Better said: Matthias Klose wrote: How come? I thought we put api docs in the -doc package, if there is one. exactly, but into the /usr/share/doc/$package/api directory, not into the /usr/share/doc/$package-doc/api directory. [...] Is it really better to put the docs in

Re: Changing policy for the Maintainer field

2007-01-12 Thread Marcus Better
Eric Lavarde - Debian wrote: 1. you say twice in your email that Debian has a Java quality issue. Can you please be more specific, I don't understand which issue(s) you're aiming at? One more thing: Don't get me wrong, there are many parts of the Java effort that are very well maintained, such

Re: Location of API docs

2007-01-12 Thread Mark Wielaard
Hi Matthias, On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 21:11 +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: The idea was to make the -doc packages depend on other -doc packages so that references to other packages can be resolved; unfortunately gjdoc doesn't support that yet. What would you need from gjdoc to support 'that'?

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Re: Changing policy for the Maintainer field

2007-01-12 Thread Paul Cager
Stefan hasn't retired. I take his statement to mean that he has stopped maintaining those packages, and no longer wishes to be a co-maintainer. but just does not have the time at the moment. When I was preparing a new upload of BCEL I asked Stefan if he would like me to remove his name

Re: Debian Java checkstyle package.

2007-01-12 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
On 1/12/07, Marcus Better [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arnaud Vandyck wrote: [...] I just can tell he sent me a mail less then two month ago: he is ok but has no time to dedicate to Debian at the moment. I'm glad to hear that. Do you know if he would mind to be removed from Uploaders? He

Re: Debian Java checkstyle package.

2007-01-12 Thread Michael Koch
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 12:54:22PM +0100, Marcus Better wrote: Arnaud Vandyck wrote: On 1/12/07, Marcus Better [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Koch wrote: Please just add yourself. Wolfgang is MIA currently but thats not yet a reason to remove them. What _is_ a reason to remove

Re: Will eclipse be part of etch?

2007-01-12 Thread Michael Koch
On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 09:58:46PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: Steve Langasek writes: On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 02:16:54AM -0800, Peter Ronnquist wrote: It seems like eclipse will not be part of the etch release. Is this a mistake? No, it is not; it's a direct consequence of the