Le 19/02/2013 08:08, tony mancill a écrit : > I don't see any harm in option 3 - in fact, I can address it in the next > upload. It won't have any effect on the current version of tomcat7 to > be released with wheezy though. The only issue with option 3 is that every 2 years when a new version of Java is released, all packages have to be updated to accept java<n+1>-runtime. That seems a bit awkward. That brings another option: 4. Get dpkg to support versions on the Provides field, and then update the packages once and for all to declare a unique dependency on java-runtime (>= n) > For (2), I see benefit in java-package generating a Provides line that > is similar to what is generated by the openjdk-6 and openjdk-7 packages. I'll try to do that, or at least add java<n-1>-runtime and java<n-2>-runtime to the list. > The Java Policy [1] is outdated in this area, so it's useful to have > this discussion. What is the process to get the policy updated? Emmanuel Bourg
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