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+/api-2.2.0.zip
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-2017-04-30: Retired orphaned package, because it was orphaned for
-more than six weeks.
-
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+c63a447e8d53fd9ecfe7b8529f49abc5  api-2.2.0.zip
diff --git a/zanata-api.spec b/zanata-api.spec
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+%global shortname api
+%global submodule zanata-common-%{shortname}
+
+Name:           zanata-%{shortname}
+Version:        2.2.0
+Release:        7%{?dist}
+Summary:        Zanata API modules
+
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+License:        LGPLv2+
+URL:            https://github.com/zanata/%{name}
+Source0:        https://github.com/zanata/%{name}/archive/%{shortname}-%{version}.zip
+
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+BuildRequires:  maven-local
+BuildRequires:  maven-enforcer-plugin
+BuildRequires:  maven-surefire-provider-testng
+
+# dependencies in pom
+BuildRequires:  zanata-parent
+BuildRequires:  hamcrest
+BuildRequires:  testng
+
+# dependencies in zanata-common-api
+BuildRequires:  hibernate-validator
+BuildRequires:  jackson
+BuildRequires:  apache-commons-lang
+BuildRequires:  apache-commons-codec
+BuildRequires:  resteasy
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 19
+BuildRequires:  apache-james-project
+%endif
+BuildRequires:  slf4j
+BuildRequires:  jboss-annotations-1.1-api
+
+
+Requires:       hibernate-validator
+Requires:       jackson
+Requires:       apache-commons-lang
+Requires:       apache-commons-codec
+Requires:       resteasy
+Requires:       slf4j
+Requires:       jboss-annotations-1.1-api
+
+Requires:       jpackage-utils
+Requires:       java
+
+%description
+Zanata API modules
+
+%package javadoc
+Summary:        Javadocs for %{submodule}
+Group:          Documentation
+Requires:       jpackage-utils
+Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description javadoc
+This package contains the API documentation for %{submodule}.
+
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{shortname}-%{version}
+%pom_remove_plugin :maven-dependency-plugin %{submodule}
+
+%build
+
+# -Dmaven.local.debug=true
+#%mvn_build --skip-tests
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 19
+%mvn_build
+%endif
+%if 0%{?fedora} == 19
+%mvn_build --skip-tests
+%else
+mvn-rpmbuild package javadoc:aggregate -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+%endif
+
+%install
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 18
+%mvn_install
+%else
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}
+cp -p %{submodule}/target/%{submodule}*-%{version}.jar $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}/%{submodule}.jar
+
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
+cp -rp target/site/apidocs $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadocdir}/%{submodule}
+
+install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mavenpomdir}
+install -pm 644 pom.xml  \
+        $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{name}.pom
+install -pm 644 %{submodule}/pom.xml  %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{submodule}.pom
+
+%add_maven_depmap JPP-%{name}.pom
+%add_maven_depmap JPP-%{submodule}.pom %{submodule}.jar
+%endif
+
+%files -f .mfiles
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 18
+%dir %{_javadir}/%{name}
+%endif
+%doc README.txt 
+
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 18
+%files javadoc -f .mfiles-javadoc
+%else
+%files javadoc
+%{_javadocdir}/%{submodule}
+%endif
+
+%changelog
+* Fri May 3 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-7
+- Remove javadoc subpackage require %{?_isa}
+
+* Tue Apr 23 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-6
+- Change license to LGPLv2+ and add subpackage requires according to review
+
+* Tue Apr 23 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-5
+- Add BR apache-james-project for f19-
+
+* Mon Apr 22 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-4
+- Disable test in f19 due to hamcrest compatibility bug
+
+* Mon Apr 22 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-3
+- Add conditional build for f19-
+
+* Wed Apr 17 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-2
+- Remove conditional build
+
+* Wed Feb 27 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-1
+- Upstream update to version 2.2.0
+
+* Thu Feb 7 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.1.0-1
+- Initial RPM package