[java-policy] 183/198: Programs must depend on the needed runtime environment, but not the libraries

[Emmanuel Bourg]

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commit 1264b950b3a608348e2aeb7c6ec0d4d2daf5d66e
Author: Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg at apache.org>
Date:   Tue Jul 15 13:18:37 2014 +0000

    Programs must depend on the needed runtime environment, but not the libraries
---
 debian/changelog | 9 +++++++++
 policy.xml       | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 65459dd..686fc7d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+java-common (0.53) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Team upload.
+  * Policy changes:
+    - Programs must depend on the needed runtime environment, but not
+      the libraries (Closes: #730133)
+
+ -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg at apache.org>  Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:15:36 +0200
+
 java-common (0.52) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Team upload.
diff --git a/policy.xml b/policy.xml
index 4ef2260..d7454bb 100644
--- a/policy.xml
+++ b/policy.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
       <title>Building Java packages</title>
 
       <para>
-        Since it is common for Java source tarball to ship jar files of thirdparty
+        Since it is common for Java source tarball to ship jar files of third party
         libraries, creating a repack script to remove them from the upstream tarball
         is mandatory.
       </para>
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@
       </para>
 
       <para>
+	Programs &must; depend on the needed runtime environment (&d-jre; and/or
+	&d-jre-h; if need a GUI or not).
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
         There is no naming rules for programs, they are ordinary programs,
 	from the user point of view.
       </para>
@@ -261,7 +266,7 @@
       </para>
 
       <para>
-        Libraries &must; depend on the needed runtime environment (&d-jre; and/or &d-jre-h; if need a GUI or not).
+        Libraries &must; not depend on a Java runtime.
       </para>
 
       <para>

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