Re: best Depends: line for an app that needs Java 5 but prefers Java 6?

[Marcus Better <marcus@better.se>]

Elliott Hughes wrote:
> Marcus Better wrote:
>  > Benjamin Mesing wrote:
>  > > I want to build a package which requires Java 5. Therefore I
>  > > build-depend on (sun-java5-jdk | sun-java6-jdk).
>  >
>  > Please don't do this, just select one of them.
> 
> I see Marcus' point, but I think that's a very difficult choice.

This advice is meant for packages in Debian, and only for build-depends. You
could for instance Build-depend on sun-java5-jdk and Depend on something
else.

> The problem is that, although we'll work with Java 5, but
> automatically disable various features that we could offer if Java 6
> were available.

At run time or build time?

Marcus