Hello, I apologize if this is inappropriate, but given the challenges in packaging Zotero for Debian, I wanted to point out that there is a flatpak available on Flathub, with the latest version (https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.zotero.Zotero), which may be a solution for some.
Good luck to all trying to package Zotero for Debian. Eric On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 22:14:57 +0200 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= Villemot <sebast...@debian.org> wrote: > Dear Jakson, > > Le jeudi 09 août 2018 à 14:59 -0300, Jakson Alves de Aquino a écrit : > > > Please, forgive me if this is a stupid question, but would it be > > against Debian policy a package whose name could be zotero-install > > that would depend on libraries that Zotero needs to work and whose > > configure script would: > > > > - Download the binary Zotero package and unpack it at /usr/lib/ > > The solution that you propose is clearly not an option for Debian, > because the package would no longer be built from source, thus failing > the Debian Free Software Guidelines. The only way of doing what you > suggest would be to move zotero to the non-free archive area (which is > not considered part of Debian per se), but the value added over > upstream packaging would be low (and I am personally not interested in > doing that). > > A better solution would be to bundle the Javascript dependencies in the > zotero source package (this is not ideal, but at least is it acceptable > in Debian if all the source is DFSG-compatible); this still represents > a significant amount of work. > > Best, > > -- > ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Sébastien Villemot > ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer > ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ http://seb > astien.villemot.name > ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.debian.org
