I was just playing devil's advocate with myself and trying to understand why one would want to depend on a package or meta-package instead of a virtual dependency. And it certainly is the case that different implementations differ in how well the implement the APIs and how much they implement.
For me, coming from the outside, it seems more obvious to depend on java2-compiler than on default-jdk. But this is not the forum to discuss this. Instead of spamming this bug with my objections and/or misunderstandings, I will start reading at <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JavaPolicy> and see where that leads. Thank you for the time you have given me. -- Inconsistent 'Provides' for different java compilers/runtimes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189953 You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to openjdk-6 in ubuntu. Status in “icedtea-java7” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Following are values for 'Provides' field for different java compilers/runtimes. icedtea-java7-jdk - java-sdk, java2-sdk, java5-sdk, java6-sdk, java7-sdk icedtea-java7-jre - java-runtime, java2-runtime, java5-runtime, java6-runtime, java7-runtime sun-java5-jdk - java-compiler, java2-compiler sun-java5-jre - java-runtime, java-runtime-headless, java2-runtime, java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime, java5-runtime-headless, java-virtual-machine sun-java6-jdk - java-compiler, java2-compiler sun-java6-jre - java-runtime, java-runtime-headless, java2-runtime, java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime, java5-runtime-headless, java6-runtime, java6-runtime-headless, java-virtual-machine gcj-4.2 - java-compiler gij-4.2 - java-runtime-headless, java1-runtime-headless, java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime-headless, java-virtual-machine kaffe - Doesn't have a 'Provides' field jikes - Doesn't have a 'Provides' field sablevm - java-runtime, java1-runtime, java-virtual-machine As per my understanding java-compiler - just a compiler without a VM ex. jikes java-virtual-machine - just a VM without a compiler ex. sablevm java-runtime - compiler + VM. Irrespective of whether my understanding is correct or not there has to be a consistency. Specifically icedtea-java7-jdk is out of sync with other compilers like Sun, GCJ. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openjdk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
