Re: About java virtual dependencies and provides and the Java Policy

[Benjamin Mesing <ben-ml@gmx.net>]

Hello


On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 13:27 +0200, Eric Lavarde wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> browsing through the repositories to check some Java stuff, I find quite 
> some confusion around virtual packages:

I would also like to have this spelled out somewhere. Though policy's
requirement, for virtual packages to appear in the list of virtual
packages, is only a SHOULD, it would be good to have this in place.

        3.6 Virtual Packages
        [...]
        All packages should use virtual package names where appropriate,
        and arrange to create new ones if necessary. They should not use
        virtual package names (except privately, amongst a cooperating
        group of packages) unless they have been agreed upon and appear
        in the list of virtual package names. (See also Virtual packages
        - Provides, Section 7.4)
        [...]

Like Eric, I am not sure what to depend on (right now I am
build-depending on "default-jdk-builddep" which I found somewhere in the
archive, and which is not really correct, since I require a java 5
compatible SDK.

Best regards

Ben

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