On Tue, 3 Mar 2020, Scott Talbert wrote:
Sorry, I do not mean any disrespect. What can I do to help?
I believe the best thing to do would be to package the new Java version.
https://github.com/PhoenicisOrg/phoenicis
This requires some knowledge of Java and how Java applications are
packaged for Debian. I have created
https://wiki.debian.org/Java/Packaging
https://wiki.debian.org/Java/Packaging/Maven
which should give you some hints. If packaging the new version is out of
scope for you, you could try to find out which build-dependencies have
been already packaged and what we need to do in order to get phoenicis
into Debian. There is a tool called mh_make that helps to create a
preliminary debian directory.
http://collab.debian.net/portal/planet-debian/markus-koschany-pdfsam-how-to-upgrade-a-maven-application-for-debian
It is by far not perfect but it might help you to complete this task.
Okay, I will take a stab at it. I'm mostly a Python packager but it will be
interesting to try some Java.
So, I took an initial look at trying to package Phoenicis, but it looks
like a rather large task (ie, lots of missing dependencies).
On the other hand, I looked at the Python code, and at first glance, it
doesn't look like it would be *that* difficult to port to Python 3. Would
you be amenable to me developing a patch to port to Python 3, at least as
an interim solution?
Thanks,
Scott
