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authorOla Nordmann <olapc@yahoo.no>2003-03-31 19:47:04 +0000
committerOla Nordmann <olapc@yahoo.no>2003-03-31 19:47:04 +0000
commit6c591e50f229fc4a88d5ad5a7e9271558f54fa95 (patch)
treebe59384fe9266528f49e3961c2ecef15d7ced6b7 /policy.xml
parent6f5db8022c13dfe504d811551baec03bb054e912 (diff)
downloadjava-common-6c591e50f229fc4a88d5ad5a7e9271558f54fa95.tar.gz
Policy update as accepted by debian-java@lists.debian.org.
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@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@
provide the files itself it &must; depend on the needed runtime
environment.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ Packages that contain a runtime conforming to the Java 1.1
+ specification should provide &j1r;. Packages that contain a runtime
+ conforming to the Java 2 specification should provide &j2r;.
+ If a package conforms to both, then it should provide both; however,
+ packages that do not implement the methods from Java 1.1 that have been
+ deprecated in Java 2 must not provide &j1r;.
+ </para>
+
<para>
They &should; use <filename>/etc/alternatives</filename>
for the name 'java' if they are command-line compatible with the
@@ -157,7 +167,7 @@
java-common. They &must; also depend on the needed runtime environemnt
(&j1r; and/or &j2r;).
</para>
-
+
<para>
They &should; use <filename>/etc/alternatives</filename>
for the name 'javac' if they are command-line compatible