On Wednesday 13 September 2006 00:41, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > Jörg Sommer wrote: > > Hi Jörg, > > > Eric Lavarde - Debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I've got a request #385190 to add the java2-runtime to the dependency > >>> alternative of the package bootchart-view. What's the difference > >>> between java-runtime and java2-runtime? Why does the JRE from Sun not > >>> provide java-runtime? > > [...] > > > What should I do with my bug? Should I wait until the Java Policy is > > fixed? Can I reassign the bug to the Sun-JRE? > > You can tag it has 'wontfix' at the moment and explain that if you add > that dependency, the only way to satisfy the java2-runtime is to install > a non-free JRE and it's not acceptable as your package is in main (am I > right?).
Why would a Depends: <DFSG-free-package> | <non-free-package> be unacceptable for a package in main? In any case, gij-4.1 provides java2-runtime, so there is at least one package providing java2-runtime in main. Cheers Andrew V.
