Re: Debian-Java 2025 wishlists

2024-12-18 Thread Loïc Rouchon
Hi, Thank you for this opportunity, here is my wishlist, mostly focused on making packaging easier, especially for people unfamiliar with the Debian packaging system (like me): 1/ Make the Debian version of maven able to locate its own plugins. Simplest example I could come up with. - Followi

Re: Packaging applications with JVM version restrictions

2023-05-06 Thread Loïc Rouchon
- Original Message --- On Thursday, April 20th, 2023 at 19:29, gregor herrmann wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 09:48:54 +, Loïc Rouchon wrote: > > > Debian would need to provide a way to perform the "JRE with exact java > > $version exists" > >

Re: Packaging applications with JVM version restrictions

2023-04-19 Thread Loïc Rouchon
--- Original Message --- On Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 at 09:18, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Besides, what’s compatible? Some things may run with an older/newer > JRE but others won’t. If I follow this line of thinking, it means: * You should not depend on java11-runtime-headless virtua

Re: Packaging applications with JVM version restrictions

2023-04-18 Thread Loïc Rouchon
Hi, > I’m a bit wary of auto-selecting something. I’d instead check whether > ${JAVA:-java} has the right version and complain when not. Possibly > check whether $JAVA_HOME is set (which it isn’t in a regular Debian > one-JRE installation) and use that if suitable instead of complaining. > (Where