Bug#754876: Virtual packages for the new Java runtimes
Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
The list of virtual packages [1] contains only two packages for the Java
runtimes (java1-runtime and java2-runtime), but new virtual packages
have been in use since at least 2008 when sun-java and openjdk started
to be packaged [2].
Could you please add the following packages to reflect the current
practices of the Java Team?
java5-runtime, java5-runtime-headless,
java6-runtime, java6-runtime-headless,
java7-runtime, java7-runtime-headless,
java8-runtime, java8-runtime-headless,
java9-runtime, java9-runtime-headless
Thank you,
Emmanuel Bourg
[1]
https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java5/+bug/160016
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