Bug#288619: Shouldn't 1.5 provide 1.4 and 1.4 provide 1.3?

[Arnaud Vandyck]

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Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:07:35 -0600, 
Jerry Haltom <jhaltom@feedbackplusinc.com> wrote: 

> Package: java-package
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> Shouldn't the Java 1.5 packages be made to provide the 1.4 packages,
> etc. To provide 1.5 means it obeys the 1.5 spec, which means it is
> compatible with 1.4. All the way back to 1.3, etc.

I'm not sure it's true. I think of the 'enum' problem and I'm sure there
are others.

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