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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Debian part of a version number when epoch is bumped
From:       Vincent Bernat <bernat () debian ! org>
Date:       2018-02-15 13:15:31
Message-ID: 873722wg0c.fsf () luffy ! cx
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 ❦ 15 février 2018 13:36 +0100, Thibaut Paumard <thibaut@debian.org>  :

> I meant not implemented for java, specifically. But I was wrong: we do
> have e.g. java8-runtime-headless listed in
> https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt
>
> So the package mentioned by Vincent may be better off Depending on it
> rather than on default-jre-headless (>= anything).

You cannot depend on a virtual package, am I wrong? I still need a
concrete alternative. That's the purpose of default-jre-headless. Note
this was an example about epoch. I don't pretend wanting to fix how to
package OOT Java packages.
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