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Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hello
>
>On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 08:16:01AM -0800, T. Alexander Popiel wrote:
>> In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >
>> >Hi
>> >
>> >Well there seems to be some vauge statements in the policy. I assumed
>> >that blackdown should present both java1-runtime _and_ java2-runtime
>> >becuse it can fulfill both runtime requirements (in reasonable way).
>> >
>> >What do people on the debian java list think about this?
>>
>> That seems right to me. Note that some packages which provide
>> java2-runtime might not provide java1-runtime, particularly if
>> they don't support the deprecated methods...
>
>Do I have to make this more clear in the policy?
>
>Should I make better recommendation when to provide what, or should
>we trust peoples common sense?
Unfortunately, relying on common sense is usually a recipe for
disaster. It probably should be clearer in the policy. Something
like:
Packages that contain a runtime conforming to the Java 1.1
specification should provide java1-runtime. Packages that
contain a runtime conforming to the Java 2 specification
should provide java2-runtime. If a package conforms to
both, then it should provide both; however, packages that
do not implement the methods from Java 1.1 that have been
deprecated in Java 2 must not provide java1-runtime.
- Alex
