Bug#589364: Runtime dependency on default-jre-headless | java2-runtime-headless

[Torsten Werner]

Hi Artur,

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Artur Rona <ari-tczew at tlen.pl> wrote:
> In Ubuntu, we've applied the attached patch to achieve the following:
>
>    - debian/control: Set libcommons-io-java runtime dependency on
>      "default-jre-headless | java2-runtime-headless"

what is the rationale behind this? We usually don't add Depends on a
JRE to library only packages except in cases where we need a specific
version like java6. The Depends on something like
"default-jre-headless | java2-runtime-headless" must be added to
packages that ship programs.

Cheers,
Torsten