Packaging JBoss AS for Debian/Ubuntu

[Florian Grandel]

Hi Emmet,

thank you very much for this quick response. All questions answered! :-)

Florian

Emmet Hikory schrieb:
> Florian Grandel wrote:
>> I am currently helping out in packaging JBoss AS for Debian. It's a
>> first time experience for me so please do not expect me to know the
>> Debian and/or Ubuntu processes very well.
>>
>> 1) Who can I talk to at Ubuntu to coordinate packaging with the Ubuntu
>> developer team or to get sponsorship from Ubuntu? How can I make sure
>> that there is no duplication of efforts at Ubuntu? Is there a Java
>> mailing list or a Java developers group for Ubuntu?
> 
>     The Java packaging team tends to spend time in #ubuntu-java on
> freenode, but the best strategy is that which you are already
> following: to get the package into Debian first.
> 
>> 2) What do I have to do to make sure that the package can be admitted to
>> Ubuntu universe once it has been released to Debian contrib? (It
>> certainly is our goal to replace all non-free dependencies but this is
>> work-in-progress.)
> 
>     Once it is accepted into Debian contrib, if DebianImportFreeze (1)
> has passed, one files a sync request (2), and subscribes the
> ubuntu-universe-sponsors group for inclusion in universe.  A package
> so constructed will end up in the in the multiverse respository, due
> to the dependencies.
> 
> 1: 26 June - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Debian/ImportFreeze
> 2: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SyncRequestProcess
>