Torsten Curdt

@dbyron0 plenty of good reasons to move beyond java 6 (one is access to file permissions)

For `convertToDebianVersion` in UTC we would need to clarify the consequences. I could possibly see that land in a pre-2 version.

@dbyron0 The implementation should not be the problem - but those are not the consequences. This is about consequences of people upgrading. They would appear to experience a time-shift and...

I guess that counts as request for improvement :)

right - it would still be better to pass this though

@TuireHolappa you have to be a little more specific in case you want help.

I would check why this is happening - but this stacktrace either does not match master or is cut off ``` Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.vafer.jdeb.DebMaker.createSignedDeb(DebMaker.java:499) ```

So [here](https://github.com/tcurdt/jdeb/blob/jdeb-1.5/src/main/java/org/vafer/jdeb/DebMaker.java#L499) is where it fails ``` deb.getParentFile().mkdirs(); ``` https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/File.html#getParentFile() > Returns the abstract pathname of this abstract pathname's parent, or null if this pathname does not name a parent...

Thanks for digging through this! Care to send through a patch?

I think tracking these kind of changes is out of scope for jdeb. You could define a variable and pass it from maven/ant - but we would then have allow...