Barry Hawkins wrote:
[...]
I think you make some excellent points here. In your initial message, I thought
you were advocating the dropping of version numbers and not trying to do
anything
else, which I would consider reckless and unwise. Adopting a solution for
languages
that have a longer history in Debian with some proven solutions seems like a
wise
approach to me. So, Debian Java Maintainers, let's hear from you on this! We
have to work this topic out if we are going to get a decent Java policy ready at
any point in the near future.
How about using the `Specification-Version:' in the Jar Manifest[0] ? As
described in [1], it would be possible to define within each Jar file
wich specification version is provided by a Jar file. I think this
addresses the problem discussed here.
But that would be a burden on packagers, since AFAIK not many Java
developpers use this field...
Thomas
[0]
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/versioning/spec/versioning2.html#wp91706
[1]
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/versioning/spec/versioningTOC.html
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