tony mancill <tmanc...@debian.org> writes: > On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 04:53:17PM +0200, Felix Natter wrote: >> Dear java team, >> >> the current freeplane package only works with an old JRE [1]. >> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeplane/+bug/2034752 >> >> I think that not many users figure out how to set JAVA_CMD or >> FREEPLANE_JAVA_HOME, and even if they did, it would be a security risk >> due to an old JRE. I cannot package freeplane 1.11.x because it requires >> gradle >= 7.x. >> >> Since it is easy to install the upstream .deb... >> - https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ >> - select "Files" >> - select "freeplane stable" >> - select freeplane_1.11.11~upstream-1_all.deb >> - install with "sudo apt install >> /path/to/freeplane_1.11.11~upstream-1_all.deb" >> >> ... I wonder whether it is better to remove freeplane now? >> What do you think? > > Hi Felix,
hello Tony, > In my opinion we should be remove the outdated freeplane package from > Debian. the only thing that speaks against this is the user comment in #1030150 [1]. Is it true that "as Debian (and many derivates) still ship with old JDK"? [2] [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1030150#25 [2] https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=jre&searchon=names&suite=stable§ion=all Cheers and Best Regards, Felix -- Felix Natter debian/rules!
