severity 354026 normal retitle 354026 Debian Java Policy needs to be updated regarding java*-runtime usage reassign 354026 java-common stop
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 01:36:40AM +0700, William S wrote: [...] > The packages generated by the make-jpkg tool do not provide the > virtual package java1-runtime. However, several packages depend > on java1-runtime only (and not java-runtime or java2-runtime). [...] Thanks for your use of Debian and java-package as well as your time in filing this bug report. The Debian Java Packaging Project has had an ongoing discussion about this issue, most recently on debian-java[0]. Neither java1-runtime nor java2-runtime are relevant anymore; our current concensus is that java-runtime should be used, possibly in conjunction with a classpath-runtime virtual package to account for differences between non-free JREs and the free runtimes for Java(TM). [...] > Some examples from my sarge packages list: > > jflex 1.3.5-7 > libdom1-java 0.19990107-6 > libjdepend-java 2.9-1 > libjzlib-java 1.0.5-1.1 [...] There are currently 115 packages that depend on java1-runtime in unstable. Since sarge is frozen and released, package version in it are not subject to change. [...] > I cannot find any information on the Debian Java FAQ, but the > Debian policy for Java states that the preferred virtual package > name is java1-runtime. The discussion on the mailing list > (http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2005/04/msg00032.html) > said that it will soon be fixed in experimental but the newest > version on the mirrors is 0.27 and the packages it generates > still do not provide java1-runtime. [...] [0] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2006/02/msg00006.html Regards, -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650
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