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Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add xz-java.
From: |
Ricardo Wurmus |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add xz-java. |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:04:21 +0200 |
Roel Janssen <address@hidden> writes:
> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>
>> Hi Roel,
>>
>>> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>>>
>>>> Roel Janssen <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> One minor detail is the filename of the jar. I renamed it to
>>>>> "xz-1.5.jar", which I think is the "standard" file naming scheme for our
>>>>> Java packages.
>>>>
>>>> I think it’s a bit ugly because we have the version number in the target
>>>> directory already, but I realise that this is how the jar is originally
>>>> named, so I think that’s okay.
>>>
>>> The jar is originally named "xz.jar". I thought other Java packages
>>> included the version number in the filename, so I just followed this
>>> practice.
>>>
>>> Either "xz.jar" or "xz-1.5.jar" is fine with me.
>>>
>>>> However, we should not hardcode the version string. Instead we should
>>>> do something like this (untested):
>>>>
>>>> #:jar-name ,(string-append "xz-" version ".jar")
>>>>
>>>> What do you think? If this works for you I’ll commit your patch with
>>>> this change.
>>>
>>> I've just tested it and it works. Since you're better at making a
>>> stylistic decision, I want to leave it up to you whether you want to
>>> append the version number or not. Both ways are fine with me.
>>
>> I forgot to reply to this message and I no longer remember what we
>> should do. Do you have an updated patch for “java-xz” (with or without
>> version number)?
>
> Yes, here it is. So, I renamed it to "java-xz" due to the naming
> conventions. I applied your suggestion of making the version a variable
> in the #:jar-name field.
Thank you! I pushed it to master.
~~ Ricardo