Bug#788189: it'll have to support java 6 to be able to build us
On Tue, 1 Sep 2015, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> - "I don't think it is possible (yet) to have a >= dependency on a java
> version." and yes, I was lazy to look for a proper solution.
It is, and precisely this was recommended on some Debian java
mailing list or bugreport for precisely this problem.
> - depending on epoched default-jdk seems odd. Is it more or less
> supported that "2:1.6" means java 6?
For packages targetting stable and newer, yes (oldstable had
an epoch of 1). You may have to bump the epoch every now and
then, I think every time a (release?) arch gets switched from
OpenJDK to GCJ, which is not very often.
bye,
//mirabilos
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