1 java-package (0.54) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
4 * Added support for ARM VFP/hard-float JDK releases.
5 Thanks to Christopher Huhn <C.Huhn@gsi.de> (Closes: #724455)
6 * Standards-Version updated to 3.9.5 (no changes)
8 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:14:36 +0100
10 java-package (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Added support for early access releases (Closes: #721136)
14 * Added support for GA and FCS releases
15 * Excluded the fxavcodecplugin libraries used by JavaFX from the dependency
16 calculation performed by dh_shlibdeps to avoid errors (Closes: #687075)
17 * Updated the package description and debian/README.Debian:
18 - no longer recommend openjdk-6
19 - mention the compatibility with Java 8
20 * Removed 'Replaces: ${j2se_package}debian' from the generated control file
21 * Adjusted the disk space required to unpack the Java 8 documentation
22 * Updated the manpages for Java 8
23 * Updated debhelper level to 7
24 * debian/rules: Use dh_prep instead of dh_clean -k
25 * Removed the recommended dependency on libstdc++5 from the generated
26 control file (used by the now unsupported IBM JDK 5)
27 * Removed the recommended dependency on libgtk1.2 from the generated
28 control file (removed from Squeeze)
29 * Removed the recommended dependency on libx11-6 and libasound2 from
30 the generated control file (these dependencies are already injected
32 * Removed the references to "Java 2" from the description of the generated
34 * Changed the short description of the generate packages to match
37 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:42:43 +0200
39 java-package (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
44 * Ack the NMU of David Prévot (thanks!)
45 * Standards-Version updated to version 3.9.4
46 * Remove obsolete variable from the changelog
47 * Add support of ARM upstream binary by James Page and Matthias Vill.
48 Thanks guys! (Closes: #687375)
49 * Change the installation path from
50 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-6.38-oracle-x64 or /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-7.10-oracle-x64
52 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-6-oracle-x64 and /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-7-oracle-x64
53 Thanks to Constantin Makshin for the patch (Closes: #696227)
56 * Fix lintian errors and warnings
59 * Add {mozilla,firefox}-javaplugin.so for update-java-alternatives.
60 * Fix plugin directories. Closes: #686216
63 * Switched to the 3.0 (native) package format
64 * debian/control: Use canonical URLs for the Vcs-* fields
65 * debian/copyright: Switched to the Machine-readable format 1.0
66 * Updated the manpages to reflect the latest naming changes
67 * Removed the unused provided dependencies (j2sdk<version>, j2re<version>)
68 * Provide the java<version-1>-runtime and java<version-2>-runtime dependencies
70 * Provide the java<version>-sdk dependencies to match the openjdk package
71 * Use the upstream versioning scheme (i.e 7u13 instead of 7.13)
72 to match the convention used by the new openjdk packages
73 * Renamed the script files (j2sdk->jdk, j2re->jre, j2se->javase)
75 -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:43:55 +0200
77 java-package (0.51~exp1) experimental; urgency=low
79 * Add firefox-javaplugin.so alternative Closes: #673670 and LP: #1024368
80 * Add java5 and 6-{runtime|sdk|...} to the provides line in generated packages Closes: #684993 and LP: #995655
81 * Drop installation debconf note Closes: #685082
82 * Correct handling of amd64 in oracle-jdk6.1->4 and improve error message when used with unknown archives
83 * Add support for earlier oracle-jdk6 version
86 * Improved detection of the JRE/JDK version (supports 2 digits Java 7 updates) Closes: #597294
87 * Brand and naming cleanup
88 * Documentation directory changed to be /usr/share/doc/oracle-javaV-doc (for oracle)
91 * Add mozilla-javaplugin.so alternative
93 -- Cédric Pineau <cedric.pineau@gmail.com> Sat, 18 Aug 2012 11:00:34 +0200
95 java-package (0.50+nmu2) unstable; urgency=high
97 * Non-maintainer upload.
98 * Allow two digits in Java 7 updates. Closes: #597294, #698108
100 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:06:26 -0400
102 java-package (0.50+nmu1) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Non-maintainer upload.
105 * Drop installation debconf note. Closes: #685082
107 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:38:03 -0400
109 java-package (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
111 * Java-package reset for reintroduction in debian (removal of all
112 previously supported jvm, global refactoring).
113 * Add support for Oracle Java 6 (update >= 10)
114 * Add support for Oracle Java 7
115 * Add support for .jinfo file (update-java-alternatives tool)
116 * Use jdk included jre binaries (jdk/jre/bin/*)
117 * Print usage information on install
120 * Long description removed
121 * debian-rules-missing-recommended-target removed
122 * maintainer-script-lacks-debhelper-token removed
123 * Declare the debian/compat to 7 to avoid warnings
126 * Remove Java plugins for all browsers (Closes: #367887).
127 * Add support for Sun Java 6 Update XX (Closes: #514364).
129 -- Cédric Pineau <cedric.pineau@gmail.com> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:42:13 +0100
131 java-package (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
133 * Provide java*-runtime-headless and java*-sdk names for generated
135 * Recommend dpkg-dev and gcc. Closes: #281766, #405814.
137 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:10:52 +0200
139 java-package (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
141 * Added support for new SUN JDK/JRE for amd64 downloads. Thanks to
142 Artyom Gavrichenkov for the initial patch.
144 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:20:35 +0100
146 java-package (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
148 * Add support for ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-6.0-linux-$arch.tgz. Closes: #462399
149 Thanks to Evgeni Dobrev for the patch.
150 * Fixed spelling error in long description: debian -> Debian.
152 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:48:46 +0100
154 java-package (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
156 * Added support for IBM JDK 6.0 final release.
157 * Updated Standard-Version to 3.7.3.
158 * Updated debhelper level to 5.
160 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:38:34 +0100
162 java-package (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
164 * Mention SUN JDK 6 in REAME.Debian. Closes: #448258.
165 * Fixed typo when creating version number for SUN JDK 6. Closes: #451935.
166 * Fix handling of symlinks for ControlPanel, HtmlConverter and java-rmi.cgi
167 from SUN JDK 6. Closes: #448351.
169 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:03:50 +0100
171 java-package (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
173 * Added libstdc++5 to Recommends of generated package. Closes: #446334.
175 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:45:42 +0200
177 java-package (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Fixed package description to include more supported JDKs.
180 Closes: #447615, #447617.
182 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:56:52 +0200
184 java-package (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
186 * Use 'date -R' instead of the deprecated '822-date'. Closes: #441229.
187 * Fix generation of .changes file. Closes: #332643.
188 Thanks to Christoph Goehre for the patch.
189 * Add possibility to add a configured revision to the version.
190 Closes: #442246. Thanks to Christoph Goehre again for the patch.
192 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:28:13 +0200
194 java-package (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
196 * Fixed SUN JDK on amd64. Closes: #439221.
198 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:41:54 +0200
200 java-package (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
202 * Fixed postinst scripts for SUN JDK 1.4, 5 and 6. Closes: #435632.
204 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:43:40 +0200
206 java-package (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
208 * Added support for iceweasel. Closes: #433445.
209 * Fix dangling links for SUN Java 5. Closes: #305053.
210 * Depend on libx11-6 and libasound2. Closes: #289004.
211 * Fix building on ia64. Closes: #355465.
213 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:51:31 +0200
215 java-package (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Reapplied changes from 0.28 to 0.29. Closes: 322843.
219 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:16:14 +0200
221 java-package (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
223 * Added support for SUN JDK 6u2 (and following updates).
224 * Added support for ibm-java2-jre-5.0-5.0-linux-ppc.tgz.
227 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:33:29 +0200
229 java-package (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
231 * Added support for SUN Java 6 and IBM Java 6.
232 Closes: #322843, #402642, #418592, #425508, #430026.
233 * Added myself to Uploaders.
235 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:40:04 -0100
237 java-package (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
239 * Modified to reflect migration to Subversion
240 * Bumped standards to version 3.7.2, no changes
241 * Corrected test for AMD64 architecture during plug-in detection
242 * Corrected detected version for IBM Java 5 JDK on AMD64 (Closes: #345775)
243 * Repaired alternatives handling for IBM Java 5 JREs and JDKs
245 * Corrected pathing for alternatives installation for Mozilla and
246 Firefox plugins (Closes: #341751)
247 * Relaxed architectural restrictions on plugin alternative
248 installation for IBM Java 5 JREs and JDKs (Closes: #343837)
249 * Added plugin installation for the new packaging of Firefox 1.5 and
250 later (Closes: #341749)
251 * Modified warning suppression for dh_shlibdeps to accommodate
252 changes in dpkg-dev (Closes: #354427)
253 * Added quotes to variable tests for maintainer name and email
255 * Refactored architecture evaluation to eliminate repetition and
256 evaluate DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE correctly for i486-linux-gnu
257 * Removed dependency on 'coreutils | stat' from control file, as
258 the dependency is satisfied within essential (Closes: #370002)
260 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@alltc.com> Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:19:08 -0400
262 java-package (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Added support for IBM Java2 5.0 JREs and JDKs (Closes: #337129)
265 * Corrected missing alternatives links for all JREs and JDKs
267 * Added conditional wrapping around dh_compress to account for
268 JRE/JDKs that do not ship manpages (Closes: 301738)
269 * Removed java-common from Provides: for JRE and JDK packages.
271 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:16:24 -0500
273 java-package (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
275 * Update standards version to 3.6.2
276 * Resolve issues with powerpc-linux support detection (Closes: #317671)
277 * Added support for Blackdown 1.4.2+02 release (Closes: #316831)
278 * Added support for packaging Sun JDK documentation (Closes: #272971)
279 * Modified make-jpkg behavior to default the generated packages'
280 name and email address for the maintainer to Debian Java Maintainers
283 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:43:17 -0400
285 java-package (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
287 * Cope with dpkg's new way of expressing architectures (Closes: #313555)
288 * Re-exec with fakeroot if needed (Closes: #310132)
290 -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:50:40 +0200
292 java-package (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
294 * Added plugin alternatives support for i386 IBM JREs and JDKs
295 * Corrected pathing for plugin alternatives to reflect difference in
296 layout between JREs and JDKs for Sun and Blackdown (Closes: #305219,
299 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> Wed, 21 Apr 2005 01:02:03 -0400
301 java-package (0.23.1) experimental; urgency=low
303 * Added architecture-specific pathing for plugin alternatives for
304 Blackdown 1.3 and 1.4 JREs and JDKs
306 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:03:40 -0500
308 java-package (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
310 * Further expanded 1.3.1 Blackdown JRE/JDK support for i386
311 * Added architecture-specific pathing for plugin alternatives for
312 Sun 1.4 and 1.5 JREs and JDKs (Closes: #301806)
313 * Added recommends for system elements required by applets and
314 graphical user interface elements (Closes: #300817)
315 * Jeroen van Wolffelaar:
316 + Fixed packages description to not have too long lines, and make the 3
319 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:36:40 -0500
321 java-package (0.22.1) experimental; urgency=low
323 * Corrected IBM and Blackdown JRE/JDK file size specifications
324 * Added support for additional 1.3.1 Blackdown JREs and JDKs for i386,
325 powerpc (Closes: #301092)
326 * Added installation of javaws alternative for Sun 1.5 JREs and JDKs
329 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:20:18 -0500
331 java-package (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
333 * Corrected IBM JRE/JDK scripts to accurately reflect the supported
334 IBM JDKs and JREs in the generated SUPPORTED file
336 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@alltc.com> Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:21:53 -0500
338 java-package (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
340 * Enable support for IBM JDKs and JREs for x86, amd64, powerpc,
341 powerpc64, and s390 architectures, based upon a patch by Rico
342 Schiekel (Closes: #264137)
343 * Enable suppport for Blackdown 1.3.1 JDK and JRE for PowerPC
344 architecture. (Closes: #296205)
345 * Update documentation and to reflect current supported JDKs and JREs
347 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@alltc.com> Mon, 14 Mar 2005 03:18:39 -0500
349 java-package (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
351 * Make the postinst & rm for generated packages #!/bin/bash, as we use
352 bash-specific features (Closes: #292179)
353 * Drop the df output parsing, use '/usr/bin/stat' instead (Closes: #293487,
355 * Drop the now obsolete peer stuff from the source package
356 * Change priorities, 313 for 1.3, 314 for 1.4, etc (Closes: #292451)
357 * Don't dh_strip, fiddling with upstream's binaries apparantly breaks stuff
360 -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> Tue, 08 Feb 2005 15:04:51 +0100
362 java-package (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
364 The "Joshua Kwan <joshk@debian.org> rocks!" release.
367 * Unclutter Debian build system and rework package slightly so that
368 *debian packages are not needed anymore. The necessary files will be
369 included in the generated packages. (Closes: #291145, #289245, #284779)
370 * Add support for Blackdown 1.4.2+01 build. (Closes: #285405)
371 * Fix support for Sun 1.5.0 amd64 builds due to typo. (Closes: #290879)
372 * Mozilla browser plugin name changed in 1.4.2 versions. Detect and correct.
374 * Use --block-size=1M instead of -BM. (Closes: #289005, #291161)
375 * Disable support for Sun JDK 1.3 due to its dependencies on libraries
376 that are simply not available anymore. (Closes: #272972)
377 * Fix up short description a little bit.
378 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.6.1 (no changes)
379 * Be a bit more conservative with the real-root test.
380 * Remove last j2se-package references.
381 * Change Suggests on fakeroot to a Depends because it is worthless both
382 as real root and as a normal user without fakeroot.
384 Jeroen van Wolffelaar:
385 * Use DEBFULLNAME, DEBNAME and DEBEMAIL if available, and don't ask for
386 those values in that case. (Closes: #279653)
387 * Updated documentation regarding dropped Sun 1.3 support
388 * Work around multiline df output caused by long device names
390 * Add Replaces: for the generated packages on their *debian counterparts
392 -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:05:06 +0100
394 java-package (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
396 * Added myself to Uploaders
397 * Fix security hole (inscure temp file creation) plus lots of needless I/O
398 in free disk checking function
399 * Added support for Sun's JDK/JRE 1.5 patch levels, based on a patch by
400 Peter Marschall <peter@adpm.de> (Closes: #286718, #287857)
401 * Bail out if running as real root (works around the evil parts of Sun's
402 install script that unconditionally writes to /etc, see #266273, #280707)
403 * Fix typo in j2re.sh that apparantly with some versions of
404 bash/dpkg/whatever cause package build failure (Closes: #281780, #282902)
405 * Reduce minimum expected size a bit Sun's 1.5.0 amd64 package, it was set
406 too high (Closes: #284033)
407 * Substitute package version number at build time in the make-jpkg
408 executable (Closes: #282221)
409 * Added a README.Debian explaining the existance of make-jpkg and what
410 binary packages are supported and where to get them. Thanks Thijs
411 Kinkhorst for the draft (Closes: #283362)
412 * Added automatically-generated file SUPPORTED that lists all binary
413 filenames that are supported, thanks Alex Owen <owen@cus.org.uk> for the
414 idea (Closes: #275296)
416 -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:47:47 +0100
418 java-package (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
420 * added a patch for detecting the architecture (Closes: #274844,
421 #270949, #271846). This patch should also close this one (Closes:
424 -- Arnaud Vandyck <avdyk@debian.org> Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:28:38 +0100
426 java-package (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
428 * added myself as an uploader.
429 * Carlos already closed the support for 1.5 request but it seems he did
430 not upload the package (Closes: #277088).
432 -- Arnaud Vandyck <avdyk@debian.org> Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:38:44 +0100
434 java-package (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
436 * lib/sun-j2re.sh: Added support for JRE 1.5.0 (aka "Java 5.0").
437 * lib/sun-j2sdk.sh: Added support for Java SDK 1.5.0.
439 -- Carlos Laviola <claviola@debian.org> Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:08:59 -0300
441 java-package (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
443 * debian/control: Commented out the lines that generate the Debian-specific
444 packages, thus making alternatives available.
445 - Also made all of the generated packages depend on their Debian-specific
446 counterparts by default. (Closes: #266671)
448 -- Carlos Laviola <claviola@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 03:38:31 -0300
450 java-package (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
452 * References to j2se-package are gone. (Closes: #267642)
453 * Added support for Blackdown Java 1.4.2 RC1 JRE/SDK. (Closes: #267643)
455 -- Carlos Laviola <claviola@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 03:17:54 -0300
457 java-package (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
459 * remove to contrib because this package depend on non-free J2SE.
461 -- Takashi Okamoto <tora@debian.org> Tue, 3 Aug 2004 00:37:13 +0900
463 java-package (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
465 * change package name java-package and the command build package is
468 -- Takashi Okamoto <tora@debian.org> Sat, 31 Jul 2004 15:07:36 +0900
470 java-package (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
472 * change package name mpkg-j2se.
473 * not use *-j2[re|sdk]debian package. Instead of this, add package
474 dependency to generated package. This reduce the installation for
476 * SUN's jdk1.5 beta2 support.
478 -- Takashi Okamoto <tora@debian.org> Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:53:36 +0900
480 java-package (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
482 * more generic support for j2re1.3.1/j2sdk1.3.1 from SUN.
484 * add alternative for jarsigner (in j2sdk1.4 and j2sdk1.5 from SUN).
486 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Sun, 23 May 2004 23:35:14 +0200
488 java-package (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
490 * java plugin: support for mozilla-firefox.
492 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Tue, 4 May 2004 22:39:39 +0200
494 java-package (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
496 * Optionally create .changes file.
498 * Add command line options: --help, --version, --full-name,
501 * Add environment variables: J2SE_PACKAGE_FULL_NAME,
504 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Sat, 27 Mar 2004 23:01:08 +0100
506 java-package (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
508 * More generic support for Java2 1.4.2 from SUN.
510 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:39:51 +0100
512 java-package (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
514 * NEW: build Blackdown J2RE 1.4.1 (gcc-2.95) and J2SDK 1.4.1 (gcc-2.95).
516 * NEW: support for SUN J2RE 1.5.0 beta, SUN J2SDK 1.5.0 beta.
518 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Sat, 7 Feb 2004 21:57:09 +0100
520 java-package (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
522 * Added support for: SUN J2RE 1.4.2_03, SUN J2SDK 1.4.2_03
524 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:27:52 +0100
526 java-package (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
528 * Added support for: Blackdown J2RE 1.3, 1.4, J2SDK 1.3, 1.4
530 * Removed usage of "du --apparent-size". This should fix a problem
533 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Sun, 9 Nov 2003 21:13:38 +0100
535 java-package (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
537 * Added support for: Sun J2RE 1.3, Sun J2SDK 1.3, Sun J2SDK 1.4
539 * Moved peer packages into this source package.
541 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:10:01 +0100
543 java-package (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
547 -- Hubert Schmid <j2se-package@z42.de> Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:06:57 +0100