Things that make me think it is: 1. It hasn't been updated since May 2002.
2. It isn't mentioned in the Debian Policy for Java document (and java-common is mentioned extensively in conjunction with various Java 2 virtual packages). 3. I can't find any packages that depend on it. 4. Searching the debian-java archives reveals that around February 2002 dislike of dummy packages led the then-planned Java policy to be scrapped in favor of a different policy (ostensibly like the current one) and that java2-common was somehow involved. If indeed java2-common isn't used, why's it still around? -- Gregory K. Johnson http://gkj.gregorykjohnson.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]