On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 08:43:52PM +0000, Thom May wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Description: I suggested this to debian-devel and debian java
> some time ago, and received many supporting comments. Due to
> lack of time, i was never able to follow it up.
> "Well, the problem is this. A java servlet requires, strangely
> enough, a java servlet engine, such as tomcat, apache jserv, etc.
> So, in the control file i'd like to be able to specify "depends:
> java-servlet-engine" and let apt get on with it, rather than
> saying "depends: apache-jserv|tomcat|jrun|jboss|weblogic" etc.
> I can't see anything in the debian-java archives or the java
> policy about this...
So would a virtual package description:
java-servlet-engine Any package providing a Java servlet engine
be adequate? Do you have to describe any minimal functionality or
command line? (That's a question from ignorance; I'm not a Java
user/developer.)
Maybe someone from debian-java can answer this, and then we can put
this in the virtual packages list.
Julian
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