-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 أحمد المحمودي wrote: > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:43:22PM -0500, Varun Hiremath wrote: >> Ahmed, thanks for fixing the package. But, I think library packages >> should at least depend on the -jre-headless package. AFAIK, that has >> been the general practice with other library packages in Debian. > ---end quoted text--- > > I've just checked, some java library packages indeed do depend on > -jre-headless, and some do not depend on any jre package at all. > > Anyways, if I recall correctly, Matthew Johnson once told me (when we > were discussing a patch for jh_depends) that java libraries aren't > supposed to depend on any jre, it is the java apps.
It seems like it could depend on the library package. If it's strictly a library, meaning it doesn't have any main() methods lurking about that are useful to users, then the guideline should be not to depend on a JRE package. I suppose there are library packages out there that contain classes you might want to invoke directly with a JRE, but I imagine they would the exception. (And in any event, I think this would be a corner case - i.e. how often would a user or developer be loading library packages without having a JRE installed?) So a general rule of not depending on a JRE package seems like a good approach. It's one less thing that has to change if the virtual JRE package name changes, and that's across all of the library packages. Regards, Tony -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuLT4EACgkQpdwBkPlyvgMYqwCfY6uvXnUibqbC9BJ7amqCjogt qv8AnArIZ4S9Uz6JqegDSPGPwb/ihz0W =bTXf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b8b4f8e.5060...@debian.org
