Re: Planned mass-filing of bugs: java packages only depending on java-common
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 10:43:55PM -0800, Stephen Zander wrote:
> >>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Gybas <gybas@trustsec.de> writes:
> Stefan> Currently the following packages in testing provide
> Stefan> java1-runtime: gij-3.0, gij-3.2, orp-classpath and
> Stefan> sablevm. All of them include (or depend on) a Java virtual
> Stefan> machine so if I add this dependecy to the lib*-java
> Stefan> packages I end up with a de-facto dependency on a virtual
> Stefan> machine (which is e.g. not needed for autobuilders). Could
> Stefan> you first file bug reports against all Java apckages that
> Stefan> should provide java1-runtime (like classpath)?
>
> Actually, classpath shouldn't provide java1-runtime unless it includes
> or depends on a Java virtual machine. I will, however file bugs on
> any packages that provide or depend on java-virtual-machine and don't
> provide java1-runtime bu should.
This is false. If the package provides the core classes it should
provide java1-runtime but NOT java-virtual-machine. If it provides
the virtual-machine it should provide java-virtual-machine. If this
is not clear enough in policy that must be clarified.
Regards,
// Ola
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