DevRoom Proposal: Packaging Java for Linux Next Steps: OSGi Bundles and Eclipse

[Mat Booth]

Title: Packaging Java for Linux Next Steps: OSGi Bundles and Eclipse
 
Abstract:

Packaging Java software for Linux distributions has notoriously been difficult and problematic. Even with recent advances in packaging for projects using maven and related build tools, there are still many islands in the Java eco-system that remain extremely difficult for Linux distros to package. Eclipse projects are one such island.

Is this talk we will discuss the build systems in use by Eclipse projects, what problems they posed for Linux distro packaging and what we did to improve the situation.

Speakers: Mat Booth, Red Hat UK

Video and audio recording okay under a CC license.

Mat Booth
Software Engineer, Red Hat Eclipse Team