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Debian Java Goals

This page contains the list of things that the Java Team would like to finish within the given release. These goals are generally goals that either affects a lot of packages, may involve a lot of work or improve the Debian Java infrastructure.

Feel free to claim any goal without a driver; if you wish to help with a specific goal, please contact the driver of that goal.

Wheezy

  • OpenJDK-7
  • Openjdk on kfreebsd
  • Complete default-jdk-builddep -> default-jdk + gcj-native-helper split

    • Driver: Niels Thykier, Status: About 52 packages needs to be checked.
    • Lintian nags about this since 2.5.0~rc1.
  • Debhelper integration for maven-repo-helper and maven-debian-helper
    • Driver: Ludovic Claude, Status: ?
  • DEP-7

    • Driver: Possibly Russ Allbery?, Status: Draft
  • Removal of servlet 2.3 and 2.4
  • Compile bytecode to native code post install (removal of -gcj packages).
    • Driver: ?, Status: Not started
  • Make jarwrapper installable and functional on non-Linux ports.
    • Driver: javatools maintainers?, Status: ?
  • Allow Java Library Transitions (possibly) via a SONAME-like method.
    • Driver: javatools maintainers?, Status: Not started/debated at DebConf10.

  • A Debian Maven repository
    • Driver: ?, Status: ?
  • A Debian OSGi repository
    • Driver: possibly Ludovic Claude and Niels Thykier?, Status: not started
    • Use of OBR? Fedora appears interested in OBR solution.

    • libmaven-bundle-plugin-java should help for all Maven-based build system

  • Netbeans
  • Enforce the well-documented classpath policy
    • Driver: ?VincentFourmond, Status: started

    • Write a series of classpath-related lintian checks 620829

  • JRuby in main
    • Driver: ?, Status: WiP, 551618

    • Review 1.6.0. Looks wholly buildable from main now BenArmstrong.

    • Eliminate (build-)dependencies on included .jar files and repack DFSG source without them.