Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add xz-java.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

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)?

~~ Ricardo