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
information about building java packages.
Supported java binary distributions currently include:
* Oracle (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads) :
- - The J2SE Development Kit (JDK), version 6 and 7
- - The J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6 and 7
- - The J2SE API Javadoc, version 6 and 7
+ - 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
* Team upload.
* Added support for early access releases (Closes: #721136)
* Added support for GA and FCS releases
- * Updated the package description:
+ * Updated the package description and debian/README.Debian:
- no longer recommend openjdk-6
- mention the compatibility with Java 8
* Removed 'Replaces: ${j2se_package}debian' from the generated control file