Re: [Bug 1123186] Re: Jabref: flawed dependencies force installation of OpenJDK java

2013-03-10 Thread gregor herrmann
On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:08:36 -, Erwin wrote: Dear Gregor, Sorry for the delayed response. No problem, thanks for looking into this issue further. I contacted somebody from Ubuntu about how to fix the bug. He named you as the package maintainer of jabref and that you are eligible to

[Bug 1123186] Re: Jabref: flawed dependencies force installation of OpenJDK java

2013-03-08 Thread Erwin
Dear Gregor, Sorry for the delayed response. I contacted somebody from Ubuntu about how to fix the bug. He named you as the package maintainer of jabref and that you are eligible to package fixes. If I understand this guide http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html

[Bug 1123186] Re: Jabref: flawed dependencies force installation of OpenJDK java

2013-03-06 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: jabref (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1123186 Title:

Re: [Bug 1123186] Re: Jabref: flawed dependencies force installation of OpenJDK java

2013-02-13 Thread gregor herrmann
On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:11:22 -, Erwin wrote: Thanks for the quick reply. Indeed, changing the dependency to openjdk-7-jre | java6-runtime would fix the issue for me. The package update-sun-jre mentioned above also provides java-runtime as well as java6-runtime. Great! Is it possible

[Bug 1123186] Re: Jabref: flawed dependencies force installation of OpenJDK java

2013-02-12 Thread Erwin
A similar issue has been reported in Bug #712132. Unlike pdftk, jabref does not link to a specific Java library. It works with Sun Java as well. Actually, the dependeny list of jabref appears pretty long to me. Taking into account that the file jabref.jar file and a simple wrapper script do the

[Bug 1123186] Re: Jabref: flawed dependencies force installation of OpenJDK java

2013-02-12 Thread gregor herrmann
On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:50:02 -, Erwin wrote: A better solution would be a dependency to a virtual package, which is satisfied when _any_ Java installation is available. Virtual packages are not allowed as the first alternative in a dependency by the Debian Policy. Last time I looked,

Re: [Bug 1123186] Re: Jabref: flawed dependencies force installation of OpenJDK java

2013-02-12 Thread Tony Mancill
On 02/12/2013 08:45 AM, gregor herrmann wrote: On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:50:02 -, Erwin wrote: A better solution would be a dependency to a virtual package, which is satisfied when _any_ Java installation is available. Virtual packages are not allowed as the first alternative in a

[Bug 1123186] Re: Jabref: flawed dependencies force installation of OpenJDK java

2013-02-12 Thread Erwin
Thanks for the quick reply. Indeed, changing the dependency to openjdk-7-jre | java6-runtime would fix the issue for me. The package update-sun-jre mentioned above also provides java-runtime as well as java6-runtime. Is it possible to include the fixed dependencies for Ubuntu 12.04 as well? In