Bug#859001: libbrowserlauncher-java: No jar file without version number

[Markus Koschany]

Hi Ole,

Am 29.03.2017 um 14:56 schrieb Ole Streicher:
> Package: libbrowserlauncher-java
> Version: 1.3+dfsg-1
> Severity: serious
> 
> The package contents are (mainly):
> 
> /usr/share/java/BrowserLauncher2-1_3-1.3.jar
> /usr/share/java/BrowserLauncher2-1_3.jar -> BrowserLauncher2-1_3-1.3.jar
> 
> There is no jar without a version number. This makes it impossible to
> add the jar to the CLASSPATH of other packages,

This is not true. You can add such jar files to your CLASSPATH.

> since the file name will
> change silently with the next version.

This is true.

> Therefore, please include also a versionless jar file
> BrowserLauncher2.jar. This is also requested by Java policy.

Java Policy is more like Parley from Pirates of the Caribbean and
incomplete by the way. I suggest to downgrade the bug to "important"
because it does not affect jmodeltest, the only reverse-dependency at
the moment and a missing symlink is not release critical in this case
and can be trivially worked around.

Regards,

Markus


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