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Bug#365408: [POLICY-PROPOSAL] Drop java*-runtime/compiler, create classpath-jre/jdk and java-jre/jdk



> Note that I added a paragraph from a proposal from Stefan Gybas,
> modified by Ben Burton (see Bug#227587). Even if they did not really get
> a consensus, I think, with the change of the virtual packages to
> classpath-jre, classpath-jdk, java-jre and java-jdk, the proposal of
> Stefan is good to integrate in our policy.

I strongly oppose the classpath/java distinction for classpath vs.
non-free JREs and JDKs. Instead I propose dropping classpath-* as well,
and only using java-jre and java-jdk.

Maybe I just have never seen a place where the distinction would be
useful, but in my mind it widens the gap between free and non-free Java
implementations. An ideal Debian world should, it seems, define JRE and
JDK virtual packages in a way that works for free implementations, and
can then be used for non-free implementations.

Charles

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