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+Source: scala
+Section: devel
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Lex Spoon <lex@debian.org>
+Standards-Version: 3.6.1
+Build-Depends: java-compiler, ant
+
+Package: scala
+Architecture: all
+Depends: scala-library, scala-dev
+Recommends: sbaz
+Description: The Scala programming language
+ Scala is a Java-compatible programming language with many
+ modern language features.  It is Java-compatible in that
+ Scala and Java classes can directly reference each other,
+ subclass each other, and send messages to each other.  It
+ includes modern language features such as closures,
+ pattern-matching, parametric types, and virtual type members.
+ .
+ This package depends on all of the basic packages a typical
+ Scala enthusiast would want.
+
+
+Package: scala-library
+Architecture: all
+Depends: java-virtual-machine
+Description: The Scala standard library
+ The Scala standard library.  This is needed to run Scala programs.
+
+Package: scala-dev
+Architecture: all
+Depends: scala-library, java-virtual-machine
+Description: The Scala development tools
+ This package includes the various tools used to develop
+ code written in Scala.  It includes a compiler (scalac),
+ a convenient command-runner (scala), an interpreter
+ (scalaint), and a source-scanning document generator (scaladoc).