Re: Question on java library packaging

2014-07-14 Thread tony mancill
Hi, On 07/14/2014 06:20 PM, Robert Middleton wrote: >>You are right, dbus-java-bin should depend on "default-jre | > java6-runtime | java7-runtime" instead of "openjdk-7-jre | openjdk-6-jre". > > Good to know. :) If Java6 is sufficient, then "default-jre | java6-runtime" should be sufficient. A

Re: Question on java library packaging

2014-07-14 Thread Robert Middleton
>You are right, dbus-java-bin should depend on "default-jre | java6-runtime | java7-runtime" instead of "openjdk-7-jre | openjdk-6-jre". Good to know. :) >This is an error in the policy, thank you for spotting it. Out of curiosity, why does the policy not require that libraries depend on Java?

Re: Question on java library packaging

2014-07-14 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 14/07/2014 16:42, Robert Middleton a écrit : > That implies to me that the dbus-java-bin depending on openjdk-7-jre is > incorrect, and it should actually depend on default-jre. Is it > intentional that it depends on openjdk? You are right, dbus-java-bin should depend on "default-jre | java6-r

Question on java library packaging

2014-07-14 Thread Robert Middleton
I think I tried to send this to the wrong list before, so here goes... I've got a question on the dependencies for Java libraries that testing/jessie currently has. I've noticed at least one package(dbus-java-bin) depends on openjdk-7-jre, whereas the Debian policy manual states: "Libraries must