runtime dependency

[Arnaud Vandyck]

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:42:55 +0100, 
Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> wrote: 

> On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 08:26:34AM +0100, Wolfgang Baer wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I just got a bug report (#299551) against the new libbsf-java package
>> about wrong runtime dependencies.

[...]

>> The libbsf-java depends is kaffe | java1-runtime. I thought the
>> java-package generated SUN/BD 1.4/1.5 packages provide all virtual
>> packages (java-runtime, java1-runtime, java2-runtime). But was wrong.
>> 
>> Is it concens that only gnu derived runtimes provide java1-runtime and
>> therefore I should depend on java1-runtime | java2-runtime or should
>> maybe java-package generated runtimes also provide java1-runtime ?
>
> I think the Debian Java policy [1] can be a bit more concrete on this
> subject. Its not stated there that packages providing java2-runtime
> also have to provide java1-runtime too. I think the most common solution
> in our packaging is the use of "foovm | java1-runtime | java2-runtime".
> The policy should say this.

I also think we should drop the java{12}-runtime virtual package and
only have java-runtime.

> [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/java-policy/

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