Re: [PROPOSAL] 3. RfD on new debian java policy
Salut Daniel,
--- Daniel Bonniot <Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr> wrote:
> Isn't it fine if another person testifies that the package works with
> this-or-that JVM? I suppose this already happens with specific
> architectures or hardware.
> So if a package works with a JVM not in its depends, one can file a
> (wishlist?) bug againt it.
>
> Maybe the policy could say "A package must (should?) depend on the
> disjunction of all JVMs with which it has been tested succesfully". That
> does not force the packager to use any non-free program, but gives
> strength to bug reports to include another VM.
I think that's a good compromise. I'd make it a 'must', though, for quality
assurance reasons.
cheers,
dalibor topic
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