Help needed on the Java policy

[Eric Lavarde <deb@zorglub.s.bawue.de>]

Hi,

I'm fighting a bit with the current state of the Java policy, and it has 
hit pretty hard because FreeMind isn't in testing anymore because of 
this (see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=436206).

OK, starting from the beginning:
1. FreeMind 0.7.1 works only with Sun's Java (let's assume 1.4 only for 
the sake of simplicity).
2. i.e. I make my package depend on j2re1.4 | java2-runtime, the first 
is necessary, the second is given by the policy.
3. the issue is that anybody can then decide to fulfill the dependency 
by installing whatever provides java2-runtime, even if I perfectly know 
that it won't work.

So, how can I fix this and respect the policy?

Additional question: the Java RE packages created with java-package used 
to depend on some X libraries, the sun-javaN-jre packages don't anymore. 
What is the dependency one should best use for Java programs with an 
(X-)Gui?

Thanks, Eric