Bug#288619: java-package: Please don't lose support for multiple versions

[Barry Hawkins]

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Javier Kohen wrote:
[...]
| I read a remark in the third message in this thread where the author
| claims that he doesn't see a problem in dropping support for having
| multiple versions of Java installed parallely. That would be a problem
| for me, as I'm forced to use different JVM's for different purposes,
| because the level of support for AMD64 varies across vendors and
| versions, none being "perfect."
|
| Other developers might need to have older compilers around to test
| compliance against a particular Java version.
[...]
Javier,
~    Please see /usr/share/doc/java-package/SUPPORTED for the list of
JRE/JDK downloads that java-package supports.  We have generally
continued supporting some JRE/JDKs even when vendors indicate that one
is an in-service replacement for the other.  However, at the point that
the downloads for a given JRE/JDK can no longer be retrieved legally, we
have typically discontinued support.
~    Multiple JRE/JDK installations will always be possible, as that is a
very common occurrence for the very reasons you have mentioned.
However, currently, multiple point releases under a given vendor is not
possible.  For instance, you could have a Sun 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5
installation, but not 1.3.0 and 1.3.1, or 1.4.1 and 1.4.2.
~    This bug is somewhat frivolous and I think we should close it.

Sincerely,
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Barry Hawkins
All Things Computed
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