Hi Julian * Julian Gilbey (J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk) wrote : > On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 08:43:52PM +0000, Thom May wrote: > > Package: debian-policy > > Severity: wishlist > > > > Description: I suggested this to debian-devel and debian java > > some time ago, and received many supporting comments. Due to > > lack of time, i was never able to follow it up. > > "Well, the problem is this. A java servlet requires, strangely > > enough, a java servlet engine, such as tomcat, apache jserv, etc. > > So, in the control file i'd like to be able to specify "depends: > > java-servlet-engine" and let apt get on with it, rather than > > saying "depends: apache-jserv|tomcat|jrun|jboss|weblogic" etc. > > I can't see anything in the debian-java archives or the java > > policy about this... > > So would a virtual package description: > java-servlet-engine Any package providing a Java servlet engine > be adequate? Do you have to describe any minimal functionality or > command line? (That's a question from ignorance; I'm not a Java > user/developer.) Sadly not. I'm currently trying to thrash out the final description, but it's a bit more complex than that. The short answer is that the container has to be compliant with (at least) the Servlet 2.2 spec. > > Maybe someone from debian-java can answer this, and then we can put > this in the virtual packages list. The long answer, or at least the first draft of it, is at : http://lists.debian.org/debian-java-0102/msg00000.html > Julian > Cheers, -Thom
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