The general Debian/Ubuntu packaging process involves (ideally) a release build with debug symbols or a debug build, and then the debug symbols are split into a separate file that would be in -dbg. From what I can tell, this has happened already; the openjdk-8-dbg package install size is 136 MB. In the case of this package, it seems the built files are closer to a release build with debug symbols than a debug build. See https://blogs.oracle.com/kto/entry/mustang_jdk_6_0_fastdebug for more information on what fastdebug is.
That being said, it doesn't look like OpenJDK 7 was built with the fastdebug option, it may be why this is being exhibited now rather than before. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361895 Title: Openjdk-8-jdk is a debug build To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/+bug/1361895/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
