Re: Bug#228878: libtomcat4-java: should have a dependency on java-virtual-machine
> >Actually, when I come to think of it since it's just a library, I don't
> >see why libtomcat4-java should worry about whether java2-runtime or
> >j2re1.4 is installed or not.
>
> That's actually exactly my opinion. But some people on the debian-java
> mailing list have a different opinion. Maybe they want to continue the
> discussion with you (CC-ing debian-java)?
Maybe we could refer to the existing bug log rather than asking people
to repeat these arguments all over again?
http://bugs.debian.org/227587
Btw, as it stands you're going to *have* to wait for the maintainer(s) of
these libraries to do something, whether it be to drop the java2-runtime
dependency or whether it be something else.
It's therefore going to presumably be no slower to ask for them to add
kaffe as a possible alternative.
You could perhaps start by filing such a request in the BTS.
b.
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