Bug#869216: java-package: Add option to include upstream update number into the resulting package name.

[Tiago Teresa Teodosio]

Package: java-package
Version: 0.56
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

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I would like to suggest the addition of a command line switch to
include the release update number in package name and installation 
directory.

The purpose is to build packages for different updates that can be
installed simultaneously on the target systems.

I can think of two use cases for such packages:
- compatibility tests - when a developer needs to have all released
  updates installed on the same system in order to test an application
  against all released updates of a given Java release.
- smoother upgrades - when it is desired to install newest updates of
  Java on a system without forcing Java dependant services to restart.

I know I am using an old version (0.56) but the requested feature is 
also not present in the most recent version (0.62).

Thanks for your time.
Best regards,
Tiago

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.7
  APT prefers oldstable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages java-package depends on:
ii  debhelper   9.20150101+deb8u2
ii  dpkg-dev    1.17.27
ii  fakeroot    1.20.2-1
ii  libasound2  1.0.28-1
ii  libx11-6    2:1.6.2-3
ii  unzip       6.0-16+deb8u2

Versions of packages java-package recommends:
ii  gcc  4:4.9.2-2

Versions of packages java-package suggests:
ii  openjdk-7-jre  7u121-2.6.8-2~deb8u1

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