Free Software also means the freedom of choice. Yes, using free software is preferably, but not always we can do that. This package's main purpose is to enable non-free software to integrate as good as possible into Debian. You have to acknowledge there is non-free software in the world and it is being used, sometimes deliberately.
I opened this bug not just for myself, but to ask for something, that in my opinion constitutes an improvement to this package and helps other people as well. After I have been following the Java mailing lists for quite some time, I am disappointed about this (in my opinion) aggressive replies to this bug. I really appreciate Emanuel's suggestion, which would really solve the problem for me and also keep the current default for everyone else. Having the chance to make the new package the default simplifies the process for many people. It keeps the current default and those, who will use the extra parameter, would use the proprietary JDK as default anyway. So I fail to see where that harms the free software. It just makes the life easier for some people. Can we agree on adding Emanuel's proposal as an additional option and otherwise refrain from ideological discussion about free vs non-free software please? Best Regards, Jan Henke Jan Henke | Softwareentwickler Hugendubel Digital GmbH & Co. KG Friesenweg 1 | D-22763 Hamburg Telefon: +49 (0)40 851 94 - 109 | Telefax: +49 (0)40 851 94 - 113 E-Mail: jhe...@hugendubel-digital.de www.hugendubel.de – Die Welt der Bücher www.eBook.de – Meine Bücher immer dabei _________________________________________________________ Geschäftsführung: Per Dalheimer, Dr. Stefan Höllermann Umsatzsteuer ID: DE300667265 | AG Hamburg HRA 118925 _________________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Markus Koschany [mailto:a...@debian.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 11:02 AM To: Jan Henke Cc: 820...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#820857: java-package: Generated JDK package should have higher priority than existing openjdk packages Am 13.04.2016 um 10:32 schrieb Jan Henke: > Hi, > > I would prefer this. An extra option while creating the package to give it > the highest priority. > > Markus, while in principle I agree with you, sadly my job requires me to use > the propritary JDK. I do think this use case should be as simple as possible > and not made more difficult "because it is non free software". > > Best Regards, > Jan Henke I also have to use the proprietary JDK from time to time to test my software. However I think Debian is about free software and everything we do should reflect this and thus OpenJDK was made the default JDK/JRE. I also don't see the difficulties in using sudo update-alternatives --config java after the installation of the Oracle JDK and to change the default to the preferred one. That would have taken less time than to file this bug report. Regards, Markus