Bug#575447: [Fwd: Re: Bug#575447: lintian: Please add a warning in a .jar is not in /usr/share/java/]

2010-03-27 Thread Niels Thykier
I see I accidentally failed to send this to the bug report Original Message Subject: Re: Bug#575447: lintian: Please add a warning in a .jar is not in /usr/share/java/ Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:49:05 +0100 From: Niels Thykier To: Sylvestre Ledru References: <4babcb51.9

Bug#575447: lintian: Please add a warning in a .jar is not in /usr/share/java/

2010-03-25 Thread Sylvestre Ledru
Le jeudi 25 mars 2010 à 21:45 +0100, Niels Thykier a écrit : > Hi > > I am not sure I can support this. There has been an interest in allowing > a package to install "private" jar files in /usr/share//. > > Though jar files beneath /usr/lib/ is *usually* a problem (the swt jars > are known except

Bug#575447: lintian: Please add a warning in a .jar is not in /usr/share/java/

2010-03-25 Thread Niels Thykier
Hi I am not sure I can support this. There has been an interest in allowing a package to install "private" jar files in /usr/share//. Though jar files beneath /usr/lib/ is *usually* a problem (the swt jars are known exceptions). Though I think these are so rare that an override is in order for th

Bug#575447: lintian: Please add a warning in a .jar is not in /usr/share/java/

2010-03-25 Thread Sylvestre Ledru
Package: lintian Severity: wishlist Hello, It would be nice if you could add a lintian warning if a .jar file is installed in an other directory than /usr/share/java/ Thanks! Sylvestre PS: The Debian Java policy is available here: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/java-policy/x105.ht