Bug#754876: Virtual packages for the new Java runtimes

2014-07-15 Thread tony mancill
On 07/15/2014 11:30 AM, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 04:57:18PM +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: >> Le 15/07/2014 16:22, Bill Allombert a écrit : >> >>> Could you please write the definition for each of them, and determine >>> whether >>> java1-runtime and java2-runtime should be ke

Bug#754876: Virtual packages for the new Java runtimes

2014-07-15 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 15/07/2014 16:22, Bill Allombert a écrit : > Could you please write the definition for each of them, and determine whether > java1-runtime and java2-runtime should be kept ? Hi Bill, Here is the definition of these packages: java5-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 5

Bug#754876: Virtual packages for the new Java runtimes

2014-07-15 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 04:57:18PM +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > Le 15/07/2014 16:22, Bill Allombert a écrit : > > > Could you please write the definition for each of them, and determine > > whether > > java1-runtime and java2-runtime should be kept ? > > Hi Bill, > > Here is the definition of

Bug#754876: Virtual packages for the new Java runtimes

2014-07-15 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 02:51:18PM +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > The list of virtual packages [1] contains only two packages for the Java > runtimes (java1-runtime and java2-runtime), but new virtual packages > have been in use since at lea

Bug#754876: Virtual packages for the new Java runtimes

2014-07-15 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist Hi, The list of virtual packages [1] contains only two packages for the Java runtimes (java1-runtime and java2-runtime), but new virtual packages have been in use since at least 2008 when sun-java and openjdk started to be packaged [2]. Could you please