Added jcontrol to the command line alternatives (Closes: #799370)

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 java-package
 ------------
 
 java-package
 ------------
 

-This package can be used to install various non-free external Java packages
-under Debian.
+This package can be used to build Debian packages for various non-free external Java binary distributions.

 
 

-Please note that Debian recommends the use of openjdk-6-jdk/openjdk-6-jre
-or openjdk-7-jdk/openjdk-7-jre.
+Please note that Debian recommends the use of openjdk-7-jdk/openjdk-7-jre.

 
 It includes the 'make-jpkg' command to do this, see 'man make-jpkg' for more
 
 It includes the 'make-jpkg' command to do this, see 'man make-jpkg' for more

-information about generating java packages.
-
-Supported packages currently include:
-
- * Oracle :
-   - The J2SE Development Kit (JDK), version 6 (update >= 10), 7
-   - The J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6 (update >= 10), 7
-   - The J2SE API Javadoc, version 6 (update >= 10), 7
-
-   Download: 
-   http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads
-   
-   (Choose tar.gz archives, i586 or amd64, do _not_ choose the RPM!)
+information about building java packages.
+
+Typical usage consists in
+- downloading one of the java binary archive listed below
+- invoking make-jpkg to build a Debian package from the downloaded archive
+- installing the generated package
+
+Supported java binary distributions currently include:
+  * Oracle (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads) :
+    - The J2SE Development Kit (JDK), version 6, 7 and 8
+    - The J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6, 7 and 8
+    - The J2SE API Javadoc, version 6, 7 and 8
+  (Choose tar.gz archives or self-extracting archives, do _not_ choose the RPM!)

 
 All other previously supported jvm (Blackdown, IBM, ..) have been removed and
 will only be added back on users demand.
 
 All other previously supported jvm (Blackdown, IBM, ..) have been removed and
 will only be added back on users demand.