Bug#1107106: josm: JOSM does not run without openjfx

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

On 6/1/25 5:52 PM, Martina Ferrari wrote:
> JOSM currently declares a "Recommends" relationship with openjfx, but it should
> be a "Depends", as the program cannot work without that library:

The josm package is not built with openjfx, as that was RC-buggy. Dropping the dependency was the easiest way to keep josm in testing.

> $ josm --help
> Using /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-amd64/bin/java to execute josm.
> Error occurred during initialization of boot layer
> java.lang.module.FindException: Module javafx.web not found
> 
> Please, upgrade this dependency.

I'd rather not ping pong with this dependency.

The josm launcher just needs to be patched to not use javafx unconditionally.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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