Bug#369415: Needs java1-runtime, java2-runtime is not enough

[Michael Koch]

On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 06:03:47PM +0100, Marcin Owsiany wrote:
> Package: eclipse-platform-common
> Version: 3.1.2-2
> 
> Isn't a java2-runtime enough to fulfil this package's dependancy on a
> java runtime? The current Depends: means I need to install another
> runtime apart from the already installed Sun's runtime.

No that is not enough. No free runtime provides java2-runtime but they
run eclipse just fine.

We are currently discussing the new Java Policy and how we change the
existing java(1|2)-runtime mess to something more simple and easier to
understand.


Cheers,
Michael
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