Bug#365408: [POLICY-PROPOSAL] Drop java*-runtime/compiler, create classpath-jre/jdk and java-jre/jdk

2006-05-26 Thread Michael Koch
On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 06:03:19PM -0400, Charles Fry wrote: > > > A virtual package name is a functional label, not a product name. > > > Java is the name of an island and a natural language too. > > > I'm surprised if Sun can prevent use of a word in this way. > > > > A function that is used to

Bug#365408: [POLICY-PROPOSAL] Drop java*-runtime/compiler...

2006-05-26 Thread Tom Marble
All: In reviewing the proposed changes to Debian Java Policy [1] [2] please allow me to make the following suggestions: 1. With respect to virtual packages [3] I understand that Debian Policy does not allow packages in "main" to depend on packages in "non-free". Therefore a distinction