Bug#698394: Jmol binary does not depend on a Java runtime (patch included)

[Sabniveesu Shashank]

Hello maintainers,

The same bug was reported again in Ubuntu
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/1529948) dated
2015-12-29 and is still valid.

This bug# 698394 has a patch dated Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:09:01 UTC,
submitted by a developer.

Can you please take a look into it and comment if there are issues
with submission (or) more information is needed?

Thanks,

Shashank
One Hundred Papercuts
Ubuntu

Bug#698394: Jmol binary does not depend on a Java runtime (patch included)

[Hans Joachim Desserud]

Package: jmol
Version: 12.2.32+dfsg2-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Dear Maintainer,
Looking at the package jmol [1], I noticed it doesn't depend on a Java runtime.
This means that if a user installs it on a system where Java has not
been installed previously, the program will not be able to run. Jmol-applet [2]
on the other hand, depends on a Java runtime and will ensure the necessary
dependencies are in place to run it.

(I also skimmed the Debian Policy for Java and it states that programs must
depend on the needed runtime [3])

I have attached a small patch which will add the runtime as a dependency for
the jmol binary.

[1] http://packages.debian.org/sid/jmol
[2] http://packages.debian.org/sid/jmol-applet
[3] http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/java-policy/x85.html


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages jmol depends on:
ii  libjmol-java  12.2.32+dfsg2-1

jmol recommends no packages.

jmol suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

-- 
mvh / best regards
Hans Joachim
http://desserud.org


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