Bug#820857: java-package: Generated JDK package should have higher priority than existing openjdk packages

Wed Apr 13 09:06:19 UTC 2016

On Wed, 13 Apr 2016, Jan Henke wrote:

> It turns out, the package generated by java-package has a much lower
> priority(380) for update-alternatives then then openjdk(~1000) package.
> 
> Please change the java-package tool, so that the generated packages have
> the highest priority of all Java implemenations and are used by default.

Eh, please no. This way you can have the generated package in
an internal repo, and people using it on the occasion, without
impeding the rest of the system.

Besides, the safest way is to have only one JRE installed anyway…

bye,
//mirabilos
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