[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#742503: Bug#742503: octave 3.8.1 requires java

[Mike Miller <mtmiller@debian.org>]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 09:59:17 +0200, Alois Schloegl wrote:
> I changed the control file in the debian package (see attachments).
> 
> default-jre-headless is now not in "Depends" but in "Build-Depends" and
> "Recommends". The resulting octave-debian packages does the job.
> 
> In case somebody wants to use the java-interface, the above error
> message seems good enough.
> 
> Please consider repackaging Octave with the modified control file.

I think the error message is less than ideal, but I agree that this
would help those users who might want to keep clear of Java for whatever
reasons.

I have the attached patch ready to push, tested locally, any objections
from fellow maintainers or bystanders with this change to src:octave?

-- 
mike

>From 9bab6df007570d206f1f55b7388bbb232a311faa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Miller <mtmiller@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 17:17:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Downgrade default-jre-headless from Depends to Recommends.

Closes: #742503
Thanks: Alois Schloegl for the suggestion
---
 debian/control | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 610f613..4419835 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-octave/octave.git
 Package: octave
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, texinfo, octave-common (= ${source:Version}),
-         liboctave3 (= ${binary:Version}),
-         default-jre-headless [!armhf !hurd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !kfreebsd-i386 !mips !mipsel !sparc]
+         liboctave3 (= ${binary:Version})
 Recommends: gnuplot-x11 | gnuplot-qt, libopenblas-base | libatlas3-base,
- pstoedit
+ pstoedit,
+ default-jre-headless [!armhf !hurd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !kfreebsd-i386 !mips !mipsel !sparc]
 Suggests: octave-info,
  octave-doc,
  octave-htmldoc,
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