I think we should be careful about making that article too complex. We can't handle every case there, but we could provide supplemental articles dealing with other build systems.
The Debian wiki has a good resource for Java packaging: http://wiki.debian.org/Java/Packaging ** Changed in: ubuntu-packaging-guide Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: ubuntu-packaging-guide Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Packaging Guide Team, which is subscribed to Ubuntu Packaging Guide. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/975030 Title: Guide is gcc (C, C++) centric, need JAVA application to DEB instructions Status in Ubuntu Packaging Guide: Triaged Bug description: http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/packaging-new-software.html is very gcc centric. debhelper will work great for programs with a configure, make, make install structure. Java on the other hand uses a completely different structure. There needs to be some instructions on how to package a Java application into a .deb with javahelper To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-packaging-guide/+bug/975030/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-packaging-guide-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-packaging-guide-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
