Bug#412495: java-package: Alternatives for minor versions of Java

[Stepan Koltsov]

Package: java-package
Version: 0.24
Severity: wishlist


Very often it is required to run Java application with concrete version
of JDK: 1.4 or 1.5.

To achieve this, new executables should be created in /usr/bin:

java1.4
java1.5
javac1.4
javac1.4

and so on.

These files should be symlinks to

/etc/alternatives/*

Similar names present Python (but Python is installed without alternatives).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-686-smp-bigmem
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages java-package depends on:
ii  coreutils                     5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  debhelper                     4.2.32     helper programs for debian/rules
ii  fakeroot                      0.4.4-9.2  Gives a fake root environment.

-- no debconf information