Java Policy Typos
I am running an unstable Debian.
I have "apt-get"ed source java-common.
It was version 0.16.
A typo make it invalid XML.
References to the Debian policy do not seem correct.
I propose the attached patch.
--- policy.xml 2002-12-12 02:42:18.000000000 +0100
+++ policy.xml 2002-12-12 03:32:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
environment.
</para>
<para>
- I &should; use <filename>/etc/alternatives</filename>
+ They &should; use <filename>/etc/alternatives</filename>
for the name 'java' if they are command-line compatible with the
Sun's java program.
</para>
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
<para>
Java compilers &must; provide &jc; and/or &j2c; and depend on
java-common. They &must; also depend on the needed runtime environemnt
- (&j1r and/or &j2r;).
+ (&j1r; and/or &j2r;).
</para>
<para>
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@
<filename>/usr/bin</filename> and be executable. They can be Java
classes (using binfmt_misc) or wrappers. In any case, they &must; run
without specific environment variables (see
- <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch3.html#s3.8";>Policy
- 3.8</ulink>), for instance CLASSPATH. They &must; respect the Policy
+ <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s10.9";>Policy
+ 10.9</ulink>), for instance CLASSPATH. They &must; respect the Policy
rules for executables (for instance a manual page per executable, see
- <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch6.html#s6.1";>
- Policy 6.1</ulink>).
+ <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s13.1";>
+ Policy 13.1</ulink>).
</para>
<para>
If they have their own auxiliary classes, they
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Sun's Community Source Licence. Can we use it? How?
- Where can we <ulink url="http://www.sun.com/software/communitysource/faq.html";>
- find the text</ulink>?
+ The 2.3 version of the text can be found
+ <ulink url="http://wwws.sun.com/software/java2/license.html";>here</ulink>.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
<title>Advices to Java packagers</title>
<para>
- Warning: they are just advices, they are not part of the policy.
+ Warning: These are just advices, they are not part of the policy.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
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