Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-22 Thread Ben Burton
> This is where I stand right now with at least one package: I cannot > depend on java1-runtime because two of the three packages that provide > it *don't work*. By leaving the java1-runtime tag on the incomplete > VM packages, I'm required to maunally validate these packages > continuously or si

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-22 Thread Ben Burton
> This is where I stand right now with at least one package: I cannot > depend on java1-runtime because two of the three packages that provide > it *don't work*. By leaving the java1-runtime tag on the incomplete > VM packages, I'm required to maunally validate these packages > continuously or si

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-22 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Ola" == Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ola> On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:30:07AM -0800, Dalibor Topic wrote: Ola> I think that major new things (i.e. swing and awt) from java1 Ola> (from 1.0, or maybe only from 1.1 and above) should be broken Ola> down. What doe you

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 02:20:54AM +1100, Ben Burton wrote: *SNIP* > > As an aside, it's also worth noting that even if package dependencies > become so restricted that they end up depending on a single JVM, having a > package depend on a specific JVM doesn't at all imply that that specific > JVM

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 08:41:50AM -0800, Dalibor Topic wrote: > Hi Ben, *SNIP* > > > > Perhaps Depends: kaffe | java1-runtime to show the > > user that I know it > > works on kaffe but to allow a user to install some > > other JVM instead? This is preferred anyway. Actually you will get a linti

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 02:20:54AM +1100, Ben Burton wrote: *SNIP* > > As an aside, it's also worth noting that even if package dependencies > become so restricted that they end up depending on a single JVM, having a > package depend on a specific JVM doesn't at all imply that that specific > JVM

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 08:41:50AM -0800, Dalibor Topic wrote: > Hi Ben, *SNIP* > > > > Perhaps Depends: kaffe | java1-runtime to show the > > user that I know it > > works on kaffe but to allow a user to install some > > other JVM instead? This is preferred anyway. Actually you will get a linti

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Dalibor Topic
Hi Ben, --- Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd like to point out that I wasn't advocating > that > > the debian maintainer tracks all VMs available > for > > debian all the time. Just that she specifies a > (i.e. > > at least one ;) free VM that the application works > > with in ord

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ben Burton
> I'd like to point out that I wasn't advocating that > the debian maintainer tracks all VMs available for > debian all the time. Just that she specifies a (i.e. > at least one ;) free VM that the application works > with in order to be in 'debian-free'. Mm.. what worries me about this is that i

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Dalibor Topic
Hi Ben, --- Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see java-runtime as a similar situation. I take a > simple Java app > that will run on any JVM that is reasonably > complete, and I want to just > have Depends: java1-runtime, allowing the user to > download whatever JVM > they see fit. I do

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ben Burton
> If I may make a proposal, as someone who's just a > lurker here, I'd say remove the 'provides > javax-runtime' tag from the free VM releases that > obviously lack the functionality of the tagged JDK > release, according to japitools. But only allow Java > programs to get into 'debain free' if th

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Dalibor Topic
Hi Ben, --- Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd like to point out that I wasn't advocating > that > > the debian maintainer tracks all VMs available > for > > debian all the time. Just that she specifies a > (i.e. > > at least one ;) free VM that the application works > > with in ord

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ben Burton
> I'd like to point out that I wasn't advocating that > the debian maintainer tracks all VMs available for > debian all the time. Just that she specifies a (i.e. > at least one ;) free VM that the application works > with in order to be in 'debian-free'. Mm.. what worries me about this is that i

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Dalibor Topic
Hi Ben, --- Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see java-runtime as a similar situation. I take a > simple Java app > that will run on any JVM that is reasonably > complete, and I want to just > have Depends: java1-runtime, allowing the user to > download whatever JVM > they see fit. I do

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ben Burton
> If I may make a proposal, as someone who's just a > lurker here, I'd say remove the 'provides > javax-runtime' tag from the free VM releases that > obviously lack the functionality of the tagged JDK > release, according to japitools. But only allow Java > programs to get into 'debain free' if th

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:30:07AM -0800, Dalibor Topic wrote: > Hi Ola, > > --- Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well then we have to have an alternative approach to > > this. > > > > javaX-core-classes (I assume that there are This is the java.lang.* and such things that nee

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Dalibor Topic
Hi Ola, --- Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well then we have to have an alternative approach to > this. > > javaX-core-classes (I assume that there are > differences between versions there) > javaX?-awt > javaX?-swing > > Then java1-runtime depends on java1-core-classes, > java1-awt

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:30:07AM -0800, Dalibor Topic wrote: > Hi Ola, > > --- Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well then we have to have an alternative approach to > > this. > > > > javaX-core-classes (I assume that there are This is the java.lang.* and such things that nee

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:01:56AM -0500, Jesse Stockall wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:33:28AM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > > If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > > > > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. > > > > > > If AWT / GUI stuf

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 04:51:11PM +, Geoff Beaumont wrote: > Jesse Stockall wrote: > >Only packages that provide a complete JDK 1.1 class library and > >functioning VM should provide java1-runtime. Same for java2-runtime. > > > >For the same reason that Microsoft does not call their VM a

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 11:34:20AM -0800, T. Alexander Popiel wrote: > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), > >> I think it would make sense to define virtual packag

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-21 Thread Dalibor Topic
Hi Ola, --- Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well then we have to have an alternative approach to > this. > > javaX-core-classes (I assume that there are > differences between versions there) > javaX?-awt > javaX?-swing > > Then java1-runtime depends on java1-core-classes, > java1-awt

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:01:56AM -0500, Jesse Stockall wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:33:28AM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > > If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > > > > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. > > > > > > If AWT / GUI stuf

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 04:51:11PM +, Geoff Beaumont wrote: > Jesse Stockall wrote: > >Only packages that provide a complete JDK 1.1 class library and > >functioning VM should provide java1-runtime. Same for java2-runtime. > > > >For the same reason that Microsoft does not call their VM a

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 11:34:20AM -0800, T. Alexander Popiel wrote: > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), > >> I think it would make sense to define virtual packag

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread T. Alexander Popiel
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), >> I think it would make sense to define virtual packages java1-awt-runtime >> (and possibly java2-swing-runtime). > >This is not a ba

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread T. Alexander Popiel
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), >> I think it would make sense to define virtual packages java1-awt-runtime >> (and possibly java2-swing-runtime). > >This is not a ba

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Geoff Beaumont
Jesse Stockall wrote: Only packages that provide a complete JDK 1.1 class library and functioning VM should provide java1-runtime. Same for java2-runtime. For the same reason that Microsoft does not call their VM a Java VM, Debian should not pretend that JDK 1.1 didn't include AWT. If there is a

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Jesse Stockall
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:33:28AM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > > > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. > > > > If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), > > I think it would ma

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Jesse Stockall
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:33:28AM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > > > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. > > > > If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), > > I think it would ma

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 07:06:37PM +1100, Ben Burton wrote: > > > If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. > > If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), > I think it would make sen

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ben Burton
> If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), I think it would make sense to define virtual packages java1-awt-runtime (and possibly java2-swing-ru

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 07:06:37PM +1100, Ben Burton wrote: > > > If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. > > If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), > I think it would make sen

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ben Burton
> If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), I think it would make sense to define virtual packages java1-awt-runtime (and possibly java2-swing-ru

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hello On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 08:03:56PM +0100, Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote: > W li?cie z nie, 19-01-2003, godz. 17:23, Ola Lundqvist pisze: *SNIP* > > > > > > I searched for "runtime" in Java Policy (as found in java-common > > > package) and couldn't find such explict statment. > I meant sta

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-19 Thread Grzegorz B. Prokopski
W liście z nie, 19-01-2003, godz. 17:23, Ola Lundqvist pisze: > Hi > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 11:04:22AM +0100, Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote: > > retitle 176628 java.awt.* classess don't work as expected for > > java1-runtime > > thanks > > > > W li?cie z pon, 13-01-2003, godz. 18:26, Stephen Za

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hello On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 08:03:56PM +0100, Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote: > W li?cie z nie, 19-01-2003, godz. 17:23, Ola Lundqvist pisze: *SNIP* > > > > > > I searched for "runtime" in Java Policy (as found in java-common > > > package) and couldn't find such explict statment. > I meant sta

Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 11:04:22AM +0100, Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote: > retitle 176628 java.awt.* classess don't work as expected for > java1-runtime > thanks > > W li?cie z pon, 13-01-2003, godz. 18:26, Stephen Zander pisze: > > Package: sablevm > > Version: 1.0.5-1 > > Severity: important

Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 11:04:22AM +0100, Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote: > retitle 176628 java.awt.* classess don't work as expected for > java1-runtime > thanks > > W li?cie z pon, 13-01-2003, godz. 18:26, Stephen Zander pisze: > > Package: sablevm > > Version: 1.0.5-1 > > Severity: important

Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-14 Thread Grzegorz B. Prokopski
retitle 176628 java.awt.* classess don't work as expected for java1-runtime thanks W liście z pon, 13-01-2003, godz. 18:26, Stephen Zander pisze: > Package: sablevm > Version: 1.0.5-1 > Severity: important > > According to the Java policy, packages that provide java1-runtime must > support the t

Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-14 Thread Grzegorz B. Prokopski
retitle 176628 java.awt.* classess don't work as expected for java1-runtime thanks W liście z pon, 13-01-2003, godz. 18:26, Stephen Zander pisze: > Package: sablevm > Version: 1.0.5-1 > Severity: important > > According to the Java policy, packages that provide java1-runtime must > support the t