Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime
Hi Ben,
--- Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> wrote:
> I see java-runtime as a similar situation. I take a
> simple Java app
> that will run on any JVM that is reasonably
> complete, and I want to just
> have Depends: java1-runtime, allowing the user to
> download whatever JVM
> they see fit. I don't want to have to keep track of
> the multitude of
> JVMs available in debian and keep the Depends: line
> updated as they all
> shift and change.
I'd like to point out that I wasn't advocating that
the debian maintainer tracks all VMs available for
debian all the time. Just that she specifies a (i.e.
at least one ;) free VM that the application works
with in order to be in 'debian-free'. You'll also note
that I used 'either' when I wrote about getting a Java
application to run with a free VM for inclusion in
'debian-free'. ;)
In practice, I'd assume that a debian Java app
maintainer picks one VM, and tests the app with it
prior to uploading. My idea is to have the maintainer
say, "it works with this free VM, YMMV with others" in
order to get into 'debian-free'.
I am not a debian maintainer, just a casual user, so
my ideas should be treated with a big grain of salt.
Choose what works best for debian and maintainers like
yourself.
cheers,
dalibor topic
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