Re: How to install openjdk-7-jre-headless on Stretch

2017-12-15 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Thorsten, On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 07:15:48PM +0100, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > you’re writing from an @apache.org address, so I’m assuming you’re > affiliated with the ASF. Furthermore, you’re a Debian Developer¹. > ... Well, I'm a DD as well and I'm able to pick between different hints. I see

Re: How to install openjdk-7-jre-headless on Stretch

2017-12-14 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 14/12/2017 à 23:54, Markus Koschany a écrit : > *psst* he is even writing from Windows 10 /*prepares a nice bonfire*/ Haha I'm busted ;) More precisely I have two desktop computers on Windows and Mac OS X and a laptop on Debian (plus several servers on Debian and an Android phone). Do I get

Re: How to install openjdk-7-jre-headless on Stretch

2017-12-14 Thread Markus Koschany
Am 14.12.2017 um 19:15 schrieb Thorsten Glaser: > you’re writing from an @apache.org address May I point out that I'm the only one who is allowed to insult people on this list. :E *psst* he is even writing from Windows 10 /*prepares a nice bonfire*/ @Andreas Getting back to the issue at hand

Re: How to install openjdk-7-jre-headless on Stretch

2017-12-14 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 14/12/2017 à 19:15, Thorsten Glaser a écrit : > you’re writing from an @apache.org address, so I’m assuming you’re > affiliated with the ASF. I'm just a casual contributor to some Apache projects, not an open source guru. Maybe you confused the ASF with the FSF? > Furthermore, you’re a Debia

Re: How to install openjdk-7-jre-headless on Stretch

2017-12-14 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, Miguel Landaeta wrote: > There are better and more respectful ways to express your disagreement > with the approach proposed by Emmanuel here. Can you please point out to me what *exactly* you think was not so good in my eMail, to help me understand? I think a DD (and ASF as

Re: How to install openjdk-7-jre-headless on Stretch

2017-12-14 Thread Miguel Landaeta
Hi, On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > How can you, in full conscience, suggest something like this, to a > fellow Debian Developer, on a Debian mailing list? I mean, really? > That’s nōn-free and, in this case, useless, and additionally un‐ > supported software at *best*,

Re: How to install openjdk-7-jre-headless on Stretch

2017-12-14 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Hello Andreas, > > What is the best way to deal with this under stretch? > > My first idea was a forwardport of openjdk-7. Is this a sensible > > approach? yes, this is a sensible approach. Doko’s packages build for a lot of Debian and Debian-derivate-that-must-not-be-named releases, and I’ve pe

Re: How to install openjdk-7-jre-headless on Stretch

2017-12-14 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 14/12/2017 à 16:33, Andreas Tille a écrit : > What is the best way to deal with this under stretch? > My first idea was a forwardport of openjdk-7. Is this a sensible > approach? Hi Andreas, you may also install the Oracle JRE with java-package. Emmanuel Bourg

How to install openjdk-7-jre-headless on Stretch

2017-12-14 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, I have an application that is not yet ported to JDK 8[1] (featuring some import sun.io.CharToByteConverter; statements). What is the best way to deal with this under stretch? My first idea was a forwardport of openjdk-7. Is this a sensible approach? Kind regards Andreas. [1] http