Re: Packages that require Java 2 ?
>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Burton <bburton@mail.math.okstate.edu> writes:
Ben> Virtual package java2-runtime is fine with me. I'm even
Ben> happy with provides: java-virtual-machine, java2-runtime
Ben> since the former says "I do java" and the latter is more
Ben> designed to specify a version of the core classes.
Until, and unless, there exists even the wiff of an alternate Java2
implementation *in Debian*, I flat out don't see the point of this.
Ben> May I also ask what the impending blackdown packages in
Ben> non-free will be called? Will they still be j2re1.3 and
Ben> j2sdk1.3?
They will, though they'll look like an NMU to force folks to upgrade
to "real" Debian packages.
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