Bug#900912: "AtkWrapper not found" error impacting JOSM on Ubuntu/Mint

2019-04-06 Thread Matthias Klose
On 06.04.19 15:13, Paul Gevers wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On 06-04-2019 08:55, Samuel Thibault wrote:
>>> please don't NMU. In the past the atk patches broke the non-atk use case 
>>> way too
>>> often.  Maybe you want to upload to a PPA or to experimental to give this a
>>> little bit more testing.
>>
>> Can we then at least upload all changes except enabling atk, i.e.
>> the attached patch which just fixes loading atk without enabling it
>> by default?  So that there is even no need for any external PPA or
>> experimental (which would be quite involved for people to configure),
>> instead people can just enable from the configuration file, as expected
>> and documented.
> 
> With my release team member hat on: we want accessibility enabled by
> default. We're late already, I would want this rather sooner than latter
> in buster, such that there is some real live testing before we release.
> Sure, there are chances for bugs, but if that's the case, let's find
> them and fix them.

I disagree.  I'll do the next upload with Samuel's proposed patches, not
enabling that by default, together with the planned security update.  Then
people can start testing if the wrapper works.

Enabling features during the freeze which were broken most of the time during
the development cycle sounds risky.  We don't have release goals anymore.

Matthias



Bug#900912: "AtkWrapper not found" error impacting JOSM on Ubuntu/Mint

2019-04-06 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi

On 06-04-2019 08:55, Samuel Thibault wrote:
>> please don't NMU. In the past the atk patches broke the non-atk use case way 
>> too
>> often.  Maybe you want to upload to a PPA or to experimental to give this a
>> little bit more testing.
> 
> Can we then at least upload all changes except enabling atk, i.e.
> the attached patch which just fixes loading atk without enabling it
> by default?  So that there is even no need for any external PPA or
> experimental (which would be quite involved for people to configure),
> instead people can just enable from the configuration file, as expected
> and documented.

With my release team member hat on: we want accessibility enabled by
default. We're late already, I would want this rather sooner than latter
in buster, such that there is some real live testing before we release.
Sure, there are chances for bugs, but if that's the case, let's find
them and fix them.

Paul



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Bug#900912: "AtkWrapper not found" error impacting JOSM on Ubuntu/Mint

2019-04-05 Thread Samuel Thibault
Matthias Klose, le sam. 06 avril 2019 03:04:54 +0200, a ecrit:
> On 01.04.19 17:24, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Samuel Thibault, le lun. 01 avril 2019 15:54:17 +0200, a ecrit:
> >> Vincent Privat, le ven. 24 août 2018 18:33:56 +0200, a ecrit:
> >>> Patching openjdk with your try/catch proposal and making the ATK wrapper a
> >>> Recommends sounds a good idea.
> >>>
> >>> Don't wait for openjdk guys for an answer: they simply don't care anymore 
> >>> with
> >>> desktop technologies.
> >>
> >> FI, I plan to upload the attached NMU, which does it:
> > 
> > But currently the 11.0.3+4-3 version is blocked in unstable, and notably
> > due to a regression on libreoffice, so I'm not sure what to do for now.
> 
> please don't NMU. In the past the atk patches broke the non-atk use case way 
> too
> often.  Maybe you want to upload to a PPA or to experimental to give this a
> little bit more testing.

Can we then at least upload all changes except enabling atk, i.e.
the attached patch which just fixes loading atk without enabling it
by default?  So that there is even no need for any external PPA or
experimental (which would be quite involved for people to configure),
instead people can just enable from the configuration file, as expected
and documented.

Samuel
diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/changelog 
openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/changelog
--- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/changelog2019-03-29 09:06:03.0 
+0100
+++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/changelog2019-03-31 17:49:09.0 
+0200
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+openjdk-11 (11.0.3+4-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * patches/jaw-classpath.diff: Fix finding the Java ATK wrapper.
+  * patches/jaw-optional.diff: Make failing to load the Java ATK wrapper
+non-fatal. Closes: #900912.
+
+ -- Samuel Thibault   Sun, 31 Mar 2019 17:49:09 +0200
+
 openjdk-11 (11.0.3+4-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Matthias Klose ]
diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-classpath.diff 
openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-classpath.diff
--- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-classpath.diff   1970-01-01 
01:00:00.0 +0100
+++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-classpath.diff   2019-03-31 
17:49:09.0 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Fix finding the Java ATK wrapper, see #900912
+
+Index: openjdk-10-10.0.1+10/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+===
+--- openjdk-10-10.0.1+10.orig/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
 openjdk-10-10.0.1+10/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ void os::init_system_properties_values()
+ }
+ Arguments::set_java_home(buf);
+ set_boot_path('/', ':');
++Arguments::append_sysclasspath("/usr/share/java/java-atk-wrapper.jar");
+   }
+ 
+   // Where to look for native libraries.
diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-optional.diff 
openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-optional.diff
--- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-optional.diff1970-01-01 
01:00:00.0 +0100
+++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-optional.diff2019-03-31 
17:49:09.0 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Make failing to load the Java ATK wrapper non-fatal
+
+---
+ src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java |4 
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java
 b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java
+@@ -610,7 +610,11 @@ public abstract class Toolkit {
+ }
+ });
+ if (!GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()) {
++  try {
+ loadAssistiveTechnologies();
++  } catch (java.awt.AWTError e) {
++// too bad
++  }
+ }
+ }
+ return toolkit;
diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/series 
openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/series
--- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/series   2019-03-28 09:32:28.0 
+0100
+++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/series   2019-03-31 17:49:09.0 
+0200
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@
 jdk-improve-gtk3-compatibility.patch
 keep-gtk2-as-default.patch
 8221083.diff
+jaw-classpath.diff
+jaw-optional.diff
diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/rules openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/rules
--- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/rules2019-03-28 20:44:54.0 +0100
+++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/rules2019-03-31 17:49:09.0 +0200
@@ -1427,23 +1427,26 @@
   endif
 endif
 
-ifeq (0,1)
-# FIXME: ext not longer supported
 ifeq ($(with_bridge),atk)
: # create links for the atk wrapper
+  ifeq (0,1)
+  # FIXME: ext no longer supported
echo "usr/share/java/java-atk-wrapper.jar 
$(basedir)/lib/ext/java-atk-wrapper.jar" \
>> $(d_jre).links
-   echo "usr/lib$(multiarch_dir)/jni/libatk-wrapper.so 
$(basedir)/lib/ext/libatk-wrapper.so" \
+  endif
+   echo "usr/lib$(multiarch_dir)/jni/libatk-wrapper.so 
$(basedir)/lib/libatk-wrapper.so" \

Bug#900912: "AtkWrapper not found" error impacting JOSM on Ubuntu/Mint

2019-04-05 Thread Matthias Klose
On 01.04.19 17:24, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Samuel Thibault, le lun. 01 avril 2019 15:54:17 +0200, a ecrit:
>> Vincent Privat, le ven. 24 août 2018 18:33:56 +0200, a ecrit:
>>> Patching openjdk with your try/catch proposal and making the ATK wrapper a
>>> Recommends sounds a good idea.
>>>
>>> Don't wait for openjdk guys for an answer: they simply don't care anymore 
>>> with
>>> desktop technologies.
>>
>> FI, I plan to upload the attached NMU, which does it:
> 
> But currently the 11.0.3+4-3 version is blocked in unstable, and notably
> due to a regression on libreoffice, so I'm not sure what to do for now.

please don't NMU. In the past the atk patches broke the non-atk use case way too
often.  Maybe you want to upload to a PPA or to experimental to give this a
little bit more testing.

Matthias



Bug#900912: "AtkWrapper not found" error impacting JOSM on Ubuntu/Mint

2019-04-01 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le lun. 01 avril 2019 15:54:17 +0200, a ecrit:
> Vincent Privat, le ven. 24 août 2018 18:33:56 +0200, a ecrit:
> > Patching openjdk with your try/catch proposal and making the ATK wrapper a
> > Recommends sounds a good idea.
> > 
> > Don't wait for openjdk guys for an answer: they simply don't care anymore 
> > with
> > desktop technologies.
> 
> FI, I plan to upload the attached NMU, which does it:

But currently the 11.0.3+4-3 version is blocked in unstable, and notably
due to a regression on libreoffice, so I'm not sure what to do for now.

Samuel

> adding the ATK wrapper classpath, catching ATK wrapper load failure,
> so we can enable it again.
> 
> Samuel

> diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/changelog 
> openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/changelog
> --- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/changelog  2019-03-29 09:06:03.0 
> +0100
> +++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/changelog  2019-03-31 17:49:09.0 
> +0200
> @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
> +openjdk-11 (11.0.3+4-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
> +
> +  * Non-maintainer upload.
> +  * patches/jaw-classpath.diff: Fix finding the Java ATK wrapper.
> +  * patches/jaw-optional.diff: Make failing to load the Java ATK wrapper
> +  non-fatal.
> +  * rules: Enable Java ATK wrapper for Buster. Closes: #900912.
> +
> + -- Samuel Thibault   Sun, 31 Mar 2019 17:49:09 +0200
> +
>  openjdk-11 (11.0.3+4-3) unstable; urgency=medium
>  
>[ Matthias Klose ]
> diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-classpath.diff 
> openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-classpath.diff
> --- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-classpath.diff 1970-01-01 
> 01:00:00.0 +0100
> +++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-classpath.diff 2019-03-31 
> 17:49:09.0 +0200
> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
> +Fix finding the Java ATK wrapper, see #900912
> +
> +Index: openjdk-10-10.0.1+10/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
> +===
> +--- openjdk-10-10.0.1+10.orig/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
>  openjdk-10-10.0.1+10/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
> +@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ void os::init_system_properties_values()
> + }
> + Arguments::set_java_home(buf);
> + set_boot_path('/', ':');
> ++Arguments::append_sysclasspath("/usr/share/java/java-atk-wrapper.jar");
> +   }
> + 
> +   // Where to look for native libraries.
> diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-optional.diff 
> openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-optional.diff
> --- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-optional.diff  1970-01-01 
> 01:00:00.0 +0100
> +++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-optional.diff  2019-03-31 
> 17:49:09.0 +0200
> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> +Make failing to load the Java ATK wrapper non-fatal
> +
> +---
> + src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java |4 
> + 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> +
> +--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java
>  b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java
> +@@ -610,7 +610,11 @@ public abstract class Toolkit {
> + }
> + });
> + if (!GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()) {
> ++  try {
> + loadAssistiveTechnologies();
> ++  } catch (java.awt.AWTError e) {
> ++// too bad
> ++  }
> + }
> + }
> + return toolkit;
> diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/series 
> openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/series
> --- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/series 2019-03-28 09:32:28.0 
> +0100
> +++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/series 2019-03-31 17:49:09.0 
> +0200
> @@ -38,3 +38,5 @@
>  jdk-improve-gtk3-compatibility.patch
>  keep-gtk2-as-default.patch
>  8221083.diff
> +jaw-classpath.diff
> +jaw-optional.diff
> diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/rules openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/rules
> --- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/rules  2019-03-28 20:44:54.0 +0100
> +++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/rules  2019-03-31 17:49:09.0 +0200
> @@ -1081,13 +1081,13 @@
>  ifeq ($(with_bridge),atk)
>  #  only add releases that are known to work with atk
>  #  by default leave atk disabled
> -#  ifneq (,$(filter $(distrel),))
> -#cp -p debian/accessibility-atk.properties.enabled \
> +  ifneq (,$(filter $(distrel),buster))
> + cp -p debian/accessibility-atk.properties.enabled \
>   $(d)/$(basedir)/conf/accessibility.properties
> -#  else
> +  else
>   cp -p debian/accessibility-atk.properties.disabled \
>   $(d)/$(basedir)/conf/accessibility.properties
> -#  endif
> +  endif
>  else
>   cp -p debian/accessibility.properties $(d)/$(basedir)/conf/
>  endif
> @@ -1427,23 +1427,26 @@
>endif
>  endif
>  
> -ifeq (0,1)
> -# FIXME: ext not longer supported
>  ifeq ($(with_bridge),atk)
>   : # create links for the atk wrapper
> +  ifeq (0,1)
> +  # FIXME: ext no longer supported
>   echo "usr/share/java/java-atk-wrapp

Bug#900912: "AtkWrapper not found" error impacting JOSM on Ubuntu/Mint

2019-04-01 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello,

Vincent Privat, le ven. 24 août 2018 18:33:56 +0200, a ecrit:
> Patching openjdk with your try/catch proposal and making the ATK wrapper a
> Recommends sounds a good idea.
> 
> Don't wait for openjdk guys for an answer: they simply don't care anymore with
> desktop technologies.

FI, I plan to upload the attached NMU, which does it: adding the ATK
wrapper classpath, catching ATK wrapper load failure, so we can enable
it again.

Samuel
diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/changelog 
openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/changelog
--- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/changelog2019-03-29 09:06:03.0 
+0100
+++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/changelog2019-03-31 17:49:09.0 
+0200
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+openjdk-11 (11.0.3+4-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * patches/jaw-classpath.diff: Fix finding the Java ATK wrapper.
+  * patches/jaw-optional.diff: Make failing to load the Java ATK wrapper
+  non-fatal.
+  * rules: Enable Java ATK wrapper for Buster. Closes: #900912.
+
+ -- Samuel Thibault   Sun, 31 Mar 2019 17:49:09 +0200
+
 openjdk-11 (11.0.3+4-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Matthias Klose ]
diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-classpath.diff 
openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-classpath.diff
--- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-classpath.diff   1970-01-01 
01:00:00.0 +0100
+++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-classpath.diff   2019-03-31 
17:49:09.0 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Fix finding the Java ATK wrapper, see #900912
+
+Index: openjdk-10-10.0.1+10/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+===
+--- openjdk-10-10.0.1+10.orig/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
 openjdk-10-10.0.1+10/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ void os::init_system_properties_values()
+ }
+ Arguments::set_java_home(buf);
+ set_boot_path('/', ':');
++Arguments::append_sysclasspath("/usr/share/java/java-atk-wrapper.jar");
+   }
+ 
+   // Where to look for native libraries.
diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-optional.diff 
openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-optional.diff
--- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-optional.diff1970-01-01 
01:00:00.0 +0100
+++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/jaw-optional.diff2019-03-31 
17:49:09.0 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Make failing to load the Java ATK wrapper non-fatal
+
+---
+ src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java |4 
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java
 b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java
+@@ -610,7 +610,11 @@ public abstract class Toolkit {
+ }
+ });
+ if (!GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()) {
++  try {
+ loadAssistiveTechnologies();
++  } catch (java.awt.AWTError e) {
++// too bad
++  }
+ }
+ }
+ return toolkit;
diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/series 
openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/series
--- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/series   2019-03-28 09:32:28.0 
+0100
+++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/patches/series   2019-03-31 17:49:09.0 
+0200
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@
 jdk-improve-gtk3-compatibility.patch
 keep-gtk2-as-default.patch
 8221083.diff
+jaw-classpath.diff
+jaw-optional.diff
diff -Nru openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/rules openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/rules
--- openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/rules2019-03-28 20:44:54.0 +0100
+++ openjdk-11-11.0.3+4/debian/rules2019-03-31 17:49:09.0 +0200
@@ -1081,13 +1081,13 @@
 ifeq ($(with_bridge),atk)
 #  only add releases that are known to work with atk
 #  by default leave atk disabled
-#  ifneq (,$(filter $(distrel),))
-#  cp -p debian/accessibility-atk.properties.enabled \
+  ifneq (,$(filter $(distrel),buster))
+   cp -p debian/accessibility-atk.properties.enabled \
$(d)/$(basedir)/conf/accessibility.properties
-#  else
+  else
cp -p debian/accessibility-atk.properties.disabled \
$(d)/$(basedir)/conf/accessibility.properties
-#  endif
+  endif
 else
cp -p debian/accessibility.properties $(d)/$(basedir)/conf/
 endif
@@ -1427,23 +1427,26 @@
   endif
 endif
 
-ifeq (0,1)
-# FIXME: ext not longer supported
 ifeq ($(with_bridge),atk)
: # create links for the atk wrapper
+  ifeq (0,1)
+  # FIXME: ext no longer supported
echo "usr/share/java/java-atk-wrapper.jar 
$(basedir)/lib/ext/java-atk-wrapper.jar" \
>> $(d_jre).links
-   echo "usr/lib$(multiarch_dir)/jni/libatk-wrapper.so 
$(basedir)/lib/ext/libatk-wrapper.so" \
+  endif
+   echo "usr/lib$(multiarch_dir)/jni/libatk-wrapper.so 
$(basedir)/lib/libatk-wrapper.so" \
>> $(d_jre).links
 else ifeq ($(with_bridge),yes)
+ ifeq (0,1)
+# FIXME: ext no longer supported
: # create links for the

Bug#900912: "AtkWrapper not found" error impacting JOSM on Ubuntu/Mint

2018-08-24 Thread Vincent Privat
Hello,
The bug is closed so there is nothing to expect from OpenJDK. The solution
must come from Debian or a new bug created.
The Java version which introduced the regression is
10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.1
because it contains the fix to move accessibility.properties in the "conf"
folder. The issue did not occur before because the configuration file
enabling ATK wrapper was not found by openjdk. A few hours after this
version was delivered by Ubuntu we started to receive a dozen of bug
reports, until I delivered a JOSM hotfix mitigating the issue.

Patching openjdk with your try/catch proposal and making the ATK wrapper a
Recommends sounds a good idea.

Don't wait for openjdk guys for an answer: they simply don't care anymore
with desktop technologies.

Cheers,
Vincent

Le ven. 24 août 2018 à 11:47, Samuel Thibault  a
écrit :

> Hello,
>
> Vincent Privat, le mer. 22 août 2018 21:01:16 +0200, a ecrit:
> > Samuel, do you know when the root issue will be fixed in Java ATK
> wrapper?
>
> The root issue is in openjdk, not the wrapper. Openjdk has apparently
> removed the way that was used to load the wrapper, without apparently
> making sure that another way was implemented. I have forwarded the issue
> upstream
>
> http://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=JDK-8204862
>
> but apparently they don't have the issue (I guess they don't actually
> manage to enable the wrapper in the configuration file).
>
> > > > Since today we are spammed by bug reports from Linux Mint and Ubuntu
> when
> > > > people try to launch JOSM with the latest Java update
> > > > (10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.1):
>
> Which version is introducing the issue exactly?  AFAIK it's the whole
> openjdk >= 9 which poses the problem.
>
> > Has it ever been considered that this package is made optional rather
> than a
> > strict dependency of openjdk--jre?
>
> The problem is not the dependency, but what openjdk itself is doing. ATM
> it seems to be insisting on loading the wrapper even when it's not
> available.  I guess catching exceptions around
> src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java's getDefaultToolkit
> call to loadAssistiveTechnologies, to just print the exception but not
> abort, would allow to make the dependency a Recommends only.
>
> Concerning actually managing to load the wrapper, see the backlog of
> #900912. I have commited to the git repo of java-atk-wrapper what is
> said to be needed for making it loadable with openjdk 9 and later, but
> as I said there, we still seem to be lacking in openjdk a path where the
> wrapper can be put for openjdk to find it. And it's been a month without
> anybody answering.
>
> Samuel
>


Bug#900912: "AtkWrapper not found" error impacting JOSM on Ubuntu/Mint

2018-08-24 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello,

Vincent Privat, le mer. 22 août 2018 21:01:16 +0200, a ecrit:
> Samuel, do you know when the root issue will be fixed in Java ATK wrapper?

The root issue is in openjdk, not the wrapper. Openjdk has apparently
removed the way that was used to load the wrapper, without apparently
making sure that another way was implemented. I have forwarded the issue
upstream

http://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=JDK-8204862

but apparently they don't have the issue (I guess they don't actually
manage to enable the wrapper in the configuration file).

> > > Since today we are spammed by bug reports from Linux Mint and Ubuntu when
> > > people try to launch JOSM with the latest Java update
> > > (10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.1):

Which version is introducing the issue exactly?  AFAIK it's the whole
openjdk >= 9 which poses the problem.

> Has it ever been considered that this package is made optional rather than a
> strict dependency of openjdk--jre?

The problem is not the dependency, but what openjdk itself is doing. ATM
it seems to be insisting on loading the wrapper even when it's not
available.  I guess catching exceptions around
src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java's getDefaultToolkit
call to loadAssistiveTechnologies, to just print the exception but not
abort, would allow to make the dependency a Recommends only.

Concerning actually managing to load the wrapper, see the backlog of
#900912. I have commited to the git repo of java-atk-wrapper what is
said to be needed for making it loadable with openjdk 9 and later, but
as I said there, we still seem to be lacking in openjdk a path where the
wrapper can be put for openjdk to find it. And it's been a month without
anybody answering.

Samuel