Bug#897945: [Openjdk] Bug#920037: Bug#897945: #897945 still present/breaks with Java 8

[Markus Koschany]

Am 04.02.19 um 14:56 schrieb Per Lundberg:
> On 2/1/19 11:20 AM, Matthias Klose wrote:
>> On 01.02.19 10:03, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> 
>>> This is an excellent suggestion. We should file a bug for openjdk-8 to
>>> implement that.
>> please attach the patch.
> 
> Sure, I should be able to write something up. Forbear my ignorance: 
> should I use debconf to show the message or what do you think would be 
> right approach? (I haven't been involved at this level in Debian since I 
> stepped down as package maintainer 15 years ago. :)
> 
> Best regards,
> Per
> 

Hi,

I would add a NEWS file to OpenJDK 8 and explain the situation and in
addition create a wrapper around the OpenJDK 8 java command that prints
out a message and quits. javac shall continue to work because it is
needed to build some packages. The debconf approach could also work but
it is a bit more work to implement. Then we also announce it via release
news. Just some thoughts.

Best,

Markus

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