Re: Bug#23436: vrwave should maybe go in contrib?
Well, vrwave only needs a java runtime environment to run. The
dependancies I've marked are related to jdk 1.1 (jdk1.1-runtime) or jdk
1.0.2 (jdk-shared OR jdk-static). Alas, I sent a mail to wnpp because I
don't like this either, I would prefer a "Depends: java (=> 1.0.2)" and
let the package manager figure out if the dependancy is fulfilled with any
version of Java runtime you have.
AFAIK there are other runtime environments (kaffee?) that would go
into "main", but since there is no virtual package as of now, and I really
haven't tried it with these (maybe you could help?) the Dependancies are
as shown.
I hope this situation would change, since vrwave can go in main
without any problem. Either way I would have to ask to be moved into
contrib (which I wouldn't like at all).
Javi
PD: I'm sending this to debian-devel as well so anybody else might discuss
this.
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Mark Eichin wrote:
> Package: vrwave
> Version: 0.9-1
>
> I just noticed this package, but though it is in Section: web, it
> Depends: jdk1.1-runtime | jdk-shared | jdk-static. I don't know about
> the latter two, but jdk1.1-runtime is "non-free", therefore unless
> jdk-shared or jdk-static are free, vrwave must go in contrib, not
> main.
>
> (If I'm confused, let me know - I'd like to put together a whole java
> environment that's truly "free" but too many people seem to think that
> sun's jdk is "free enough"...)
>
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