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)
7 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:14:36 +0100
9 java-package (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Added support for early access releases (Closes: #721136)
13 * Added support for GA and FCS releases
14 * Excluded the fxavcodecplugin libraries used by JavaFX from the dependency
15 calculation performed by dh_shlibdeps to avoid errors (Closes: #687075)
16 * Updated the package description and debian/README.Debian:
17 - no longer recommend openjdk-6
18 - mention the compatibility with Java 8
19 * Removed 'Replaces: ${j2se_package}debian' from the generated control file
20 * Adjusted the disk space required to unpack the Java 8 documentation
21 * Updated the manpages for Java 8
22 * Updated debhelper level to 7
23 * debian/rules: Use dh_prep instead of dh_clean -k
24 * Removed the recommended dependency on libstdc++5 from the generated
25 control file (used by the now unsupported IBM JDK 5)
26 * Removed the recommended dependency on libgtk1.2 from the generated
27 control file (removed from Squeeze)
28 * Removed the recommended dependency on libx11-6 and libasound2 from
29 the generated control file (these dependencies are already injected
31 * Removed the references to "Java 2" from the description of the generated
33 * Changed the short description of the generate packages to match
36 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:42:43 +0200
38 java-package (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
43 * Ack the NMU of David Prévot (thanks!)
44 * Standards-Version updated to version 3.9.4
45 * Remove obsolete variable from the changelog
46 * Add support of ARM upstream binary by James Page and Matthias Vill.
47 Thanks guys! (Closes: #687375)
48 * Change the installation path from
49 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-6.38-oracle-x64 or /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-7.10-oracle-x64
51 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-6-oracle-x64 and /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-7-oracle-x64
52 Thanks to Constantin Makshin for the patch (Closes: #696227)
55 * Fix lintian errors and warnings
58 * Add {mozilla,firefox}-javaplugin.so for update-java-alternatives.
59 * Fix plugin directories. Closes: #686216
62 * Switched to the 3.0 (native) package format
63 * debian/control: Use canonical URLs for the Vcs-* fields
64 * debian/copyright: Switched to the Machine-readable format 1.0
65 * Updated the manpages to reflect the latest naming changes
66 * Removed the unused provided dependencies (j2sdk<version>, j2re<version>)
67 * Provide the java<version-1>-runtime and java<version-2>-runtime dependencies
69 * Provide the java<version>-sdk dependencies to match the openjdk package
70 * Use the upstream versioning scheme (i.e 7u13 instead of 7.13)
71 to match the convention used by the new openjdk packages
72 * Renamed the script files (j2sdk->jdk, j2re->jre, j2se->javase)
74 -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:43:55 +0200
76 java-package (0.51~exp1) experimental; urgency=low
78 * Add firefox-javaplugin.so alternative Closes: #673670 and LP: #1024368
79 * Add java5 and 6-{runtime|sdk|...} to the provides line in generated packages Closes: #684993 and LP: #995655
80 * Drop installation debconf note Closes: #685082
81 * Correct handling of amd64 in oracle-jdk6.1->4 and improve error message when used with unknown archives
82 * Add support for earlier oracle-jdk6 version
85 * Improved detection of the JRE/JDK version (supports 2 digits Java 7 updates) Closes: #597294
86 * Brand and naming cleanup
87 * Documentation directory changed to be /usr/share/doc/oracle-javaV-doc (for oracle)
90 * Add mozilla-javaplugin.so alternative
92 -- Cédric Pineau <cedric.pineau@gmail.com> Sat, 18 Aug 2012 11:00:34 +0200
94 java-package (0.50+nmu2) unstable; urgency=high
96 * Non-maintainer upload.
97 * Allow two digits in Java 7 updates. Closes: #597294, #698108
99 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:06:26 -0400
101 java-package (0.50+nmu1) unstable; urgency=low
103 * Non-maintainer upload.
104 * Drop installation debconf note. Closes: #685082
106 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:38:03 -0400
108 java-package (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
110 * Java-package reset for reintroduction in debian (removal of all
111 previously supported jvm, global refactoring).
112 * Add support for Oracle Java 6 (update >= 10)
113 * Add support for Oracle Java 7
114 * Add support for .jinfo file (update-java-alternatives tool)
115 * Use jdk included jre binaries (jdk/jre/bin/*)
116 * Print usage information on install
119 * Long description removed
120 * debian-rules-missing-recommended-target removed
121 * maintainer-script-lacks-debhelper-token removed
122 * Declare the debian/compat to 7 to avoid warnings
125 * Remove Java plugins for all browsers (Closes: #367887).
126 * Add support for Sun Java 6 Update XX (Closes: #514364).
128 -- Cédric Pineau <cedric.pineau@gmail.com> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:42:13 +0100
130 java-package (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
132 * Provide java*-runtime-headless and java*-sdk names for generated
134 * Recommend dpkg-dev and gcc. Closes: #281766, #405814.
136 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:10:52 +0200
138 java-package (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
140 * Added support for new SUN JDK/JRE for amd64 downloads. Thanks to
141 Artyom Gavrichenkov for the initial patch.
143 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:20:35 +0100
145 java-package (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
147 * Add support for ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-6.0-linux-$arch.tgz. Closes: #462399
148 Thanks to Evgeni Dobrev for the patch.
149 * Fixed spelling error in long description: debian -> Debian.
151 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:48:46 +0100
153 java-package (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
155 * Added support for IBM JDK 6.0 final release.
156 * Updated Standard-Version to 3.7.3.
157 * Updated debhelper level to 5.
159 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:38:34 +0100
161 java-package (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
163 * Mention SUN JDK 6 in REAME.Debian. Closes: #448258.
164 * Fixed typo when creating version number for SUN JDK 6. Closes: #451935.
165 * Fix handling of symlinks for ControlPanel, HtmlConverter and java-rmi.cgi
166 from SUN JDK 6. Closes: #448351.
168 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:03:50 +0100
170 java-package (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
172 * Added libstdc++5 to Recommends of generated package. Closes: #446334.
174 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:45:42 +0200
176 java-package (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
178 * Fixed package description to include more supported JDKs.
179 Closes: #447615, #447617.
181 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:56:52 +0200
183 java-package (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Use 'date -R' instead of the deprecated '822-date'. Closes: #441229.
186 * Fix generation of .changes file. Closes: #332643.
187 Thanks to Christoph Goehre for the patch.
188 * Add possibility to add a configured revision to the version.
189 Closes: #442246. Thanks to Christoph Goehre again for the patch.
191 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:28:13 +0200
193 java-package (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
195 * Fixed SUN JDK on amd64. Closes: #439221.
197 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:41:54 +0200
199 java-package (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
201 * Fixed postinst scripts for SUN JDK 1.4, 5 and 6. Closes: #435632.
203 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:43:40 +0200
205 java-package (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
207 * Added support for iceweasel. Closes: #433445.
208 * Fix dangling links for SUN Java 5. Closes: #305053.
209 * Depend on libx11-6 and libasound2. Closes: #289004.
210 * Fix building on ia64. Closes: #355465.
212 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:51:31 +0200
214 java-package (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Reapplied changes from 0.28 to 0.29. Closes: 322843.
218 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:16:14 +0200
220 java-package (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Added support for SUN JDK 6u2 (and following updates).
223 * Added support for ibm-java2-jre-5.0-5.0-linux-ppc.tgz.
226 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:33:29 +0200
228 java-package (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
230 * Added support for SUN Java 6 and IBM Java 6.
231 Closes: #322843, #402642, #418592, #425508, #430026.
232 * Added myself to Uploaders.
234 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:40:04 -0100
236 java-package (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Modified to reflect migration to Subversion
239 * Bumped standards to version 3.7.2, no changes
240 * Corrected test for AMD64 architecture during plug-in detection
241 * Corrected detected version for IBM Java 5 JDK on AMD64 (Closes: #345775)
242 * Repaired alternatives handling for IBM Java 5 JREs and JDKs
244 * Corrected pathing for alternatives installation for Mozilla and
245 Firefox plugins (Closes: #341751)
246 * Relaxed architectural restrictions on plugin alternative
247 installation for IBM Java 5 JREs and JDKs (Closes: #343837)
248 * Added plugin installation for the new packaging of Firefox 1.5 and
249 later (Closes: #341749)
250 * Modified warning suppression for dh_shlibdeps to accommodate
251 changes in dpkg-dev (Closes: #354427)
252 * Added quotes to variable tests for maintainer name and email
254 * Refactored architecture evaluation to eliminate repetition and
255 evaluate DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE correctly for i486-linux-gnu
256 * Removed dependency on 'coreutils | stat' from control file, as
257 the dependency is satisfied within essential (Closes: #370002)
259 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@alltc.com> Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:19:08 -0400
261 java-package (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
263 * Added support for IBM Java2 5.0 JREs and JDKs (Closes: #337129)
264 * Corrected missing alternatives links for all JREs and JDKs
266 * Added conditional wrapping around dh_compress to account for
267 JRE/JDKs that do not ship manpages (Closes: 301738)
268 * Removed java-common from Provides: for JRE and JDK packages.
270 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:16:24 -0500
272 java-package (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
274 * Update standards version to 3.6.2
275 * Resolve issues with powerpc-linux support detection (Closes: #317671)
276 * Added support for Blackdown 1.4.2+02 release (Closes: #316831)
277 * Added support for packaging Sun JDK documentation (Closes: #272971)
278 * Modified make-jpkg behavior to default the generated packages'
279 name and email address for the maintainer to Debian Java Maintainers
282 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:43:17 -0400
284 java-package (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
286 * Cope with dpkg's new way of expressing architectures (Closes: #313555)
287 * Re-exec with fakeroot if needed (Closes: #310132)
289 -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:50:40 +0200
291 java-package (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
293 * Added plugin alternatives support for i386 IBM JREs and JDKs
294 * Corrected pathing for plugin alternatives to reflect difference in
295 layout between JREs and JDKs for Sun and Blackdown (Closes: #305219,
298 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> Wed, 21 Apr 2005 01:02:03 -0400
300 java-package (0.23.1) experimental; urgency=low
302 * Added architecture-specific pathing for plugin alternatives for
303 Blackdown 1.3 and 1.4 JREs and JDKs
305 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:03:40 -0500
307 java-package (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
309 * Further expanded 1.3.1 Blackdown JRE/JDK support for i386
310 * Added architecture-specific pathing for plugin alternatives for
311 Sun 1.4 and 1.5 JREs and JDKs (Closes: #301806)
312 * Added recommends for system elements required by applets and
313 graphical user interface elements (Closes: #300817)
314 * Jeroen van Wolffelaar:
315 + Fixed packages description to not have too long lines, and make the 3
318 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:36:40 -0500
320 java-package (0.22.1) experimental; urgency=low
322 * Corrected IBM and Blackdown JRE/JDK file size specifications
323 * Added support for additional 1.3.1 Blackdown JREs and JDKs for i386,
324 powerpc (Closes: #301092)
325 * Added installation of javaws alternative for Sun 1.5 JREs and JDKs
328 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:20:18 -0500
330 java-package (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
332 * Corrected IBM JRE/JDK scripts to accurately reflect the supported
333 IBM JDKs and JREs in the generated SUPPORTED file
335 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@alltc.com> Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:21:53 -0500
337 java-package (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
339 * Enable support for IBM JDKs and JREs for x86, amd64, powerpc,
340 powerpc64, and s390 architectures, based upon a patch by Rico
341 Schiekel (Closes: #264137)
342 * Enable suppport for Blackdown 1.3.1 JDK and JRE for PowerPC
343 architecture. (Closes: #296205)
344 * Update documentation and to reflect current supported JDKs and JREs
346 -- Barry Hawkins <barry@alltc.com> Mon, 14 Mar 2005 03:18:39 -0500
348 java-package (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
350 * Make the postinst & rm for generated packages #!/bin/bash, as we use
351 bash-specific features (Closes: #292179)
352 * Drop the df output parsing, use '/usr/bin/stat' instead (Closes: #293487,
354 * Drop the now obsolete peer stuff from the source package
355 * Change priorities, 313 for 1.3, 314 for 1.4, etc (Closes: #292451)
356 * Don't dh_strip, fiddling with upstream's binaries apparantly breaks stuff
359 -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> Tue, 08 Feb 2005 15:04:51 +0100
361 java-package (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
363 The "Joshua Kwan <joshk@debian.org> rocks!" release.
366 * Unclutter Debian build system and rework package slightly so that
367 *debian packages are not needed anymore. The necessary files will be
368 included in the generated packages. (Closes: #291145, #289245, #284779)
369 * Add support for Blackdown 1.4.2+01 build. (Closes: #285405)
370 * Fix support for Sun 1.5.0 amd64 builds due to typo. (Closes: #290879)
371 * Mozilla browser plugin name changed in 1.4.2 versions. Detect and correct.
373 * Use --block-size=1M instead of -BM. (Closes: #289005, #291161)
374 * Disable support for Sun JDK 1.3 due to its dependencies on libraries
375 that are simply not available anymore. (Closes: #272972)
376 * Fix up short description a little bit.
377 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.6.1 (no changes)
378 * Be a bit more conservative with the real-root test.
379 * Remove last j2se-package references.
380 * Change Suggests on fakeroot to a Depends because it is worthless both
381 as real root and as a normal user without fakeroot.
383 Jeroen van Wolffelaar:
384 * Use DEBFULLNAME, DEBNAME and DEBEMAIL if available, and don't ask for
385 those values in that case. (Closes: #279653)
386 * Updated documentation regarding dropped Sun 1.3 support
387 * Work around multiline df output caused by long device names
389 * Add Replaces: for the generated packages on their *debian counterparts
391 -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:05:06 +0100
393 java-package (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
395 * Added myself to Uploaders
396 * Fix security hole (inscure temp file creation) plus lots of needless I/O
397 in free disk checking function
398 * Added support for Sun's JDK/JRE 1.5 patch levels, based on a patch by
399 Peter Marschall <peter@adpm.de> (Closes: #286718, #287857)
400 * Bail out if running as real root (works around the evil parts of Sun's
401 install script that unconditionally writes to /etc, see #266273, #280707)
402 * Fix typo in j2re.sh that apparantly with some versions of
403 bash/dpkg/whatever cause package build failure (Closes: #281780, #282902)
404 * Reduce minimum expected size a bit Sun's 1.5.0 amd64 package, it was set
405 too high (Closes: #284033)
406 * Substitute package version number at build time in the make-jpkg
407 executable (Closes: #282221)
408 * Added a README.Debian explaining the existance of make-jpkg and what
409 binary packages are supported and where to get them. Thanks Thijs
410 Kinkhorst for the draft (Closes: #283362)
411 * Added automatically-generated file SUPPORTED that lists all binary
412 filenames that are supported, thanks Alex Owen <owen@cus.org.uk> for the
413 idea (Closes: #275296)
415 -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:47:47 +0100
417 java-package (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
419 * added a patch for detecting the architecture (Closes: #274844,
420 #270949, #271846). This patch should also close this one (Closes:
423 -- Arnaud Vandyck <avdyk@debian.org> Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:28:38 +0100
425 java-package (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
427 * added myself as an uploader.
428 * Carlos already closed the support for 1.5 request but it seems he did
429 not upload the package (Closes: #277088).
431 -- Arnaud Vandyck <avdyk@debian.org> Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:38:44 +0100
433 java-package (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
435 * lib/sun-j2re.sh: Added support for JRE 1.5.0 (aka "Java 5.0").
436 * lib/sun-j2sdk.sh: Added support for Java SDK 1.5.0.
438 -- Carlos Laviola <claviola@debian.org> Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:08:59 -0300
440 java-package (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
442 * debian/control: Commented out the lines that generate the Debian-specific
443 packages, thus making alternatives available.
444 - Also made all of the generated packages depend on their Debian-specific
445 counterparts by default. (Closes: #266671)
447 -- Carlos Laviola <claviola@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 03:38:31 -0300
449 java-package (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
451 * References to j2se-package are gone. (Closes: #267642)
452 * Added support for Blackdown Java 1.4.2 RC1 JRE/SDK. (Closes: #267643)
454 -- Carlos Laviola <claviola@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 03:17:54 -0300
456 java-package (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
458 * remove to contrib because this package depend on non-free J2SE.
460 -- Takashi Okamoto <tora@debian.org> Tue, 3 Aug 2004 00:37:13 +0900
462 java-package (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
464 * change package name java-package and the command build package is
467 -- Takashi Okamoto <tora@debian.org> Sat, 31 Jul 2004 15:07:36 +0900
469 java-package (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
471 * change package name mpkg-j2se.
472 * not use *-j2[re|sdk]debian package. Instead of this, add package
473 dependency to generated package. This reduce the installation for
475 * SUN's jdk1.5 beta2 support.
477 -- Takashi Okamoto <tora@debian.org> Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:53:36 +0900
479 java-package (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
481 * more generic support for j2re1.3.1/j2sdk1.3.1 from SUN.
483 * add alternative for jarsigner (in j2sdk1.4 and j2sdk1.5 from SUN).
485 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Sun, 23 May 2004 23:35:14 +0200
487 java-package (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
489 * java plugin: support for mozilla-firefox.
491 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Tue, 4 May 2004 22:39:39 +0200
493 java-package (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
495 * Optionally create .changes file.
497 * Add command line options: --help, --version, --full-name,
500 * Add environment variables: J2SE_PACKAGE_FULL_NAME,
503 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Sat, 27 Mar 2004 23:01:08 +0100
505 java-package (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
507 * More generic support for Java2 1.4.2 from SUN.
509 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:39:51 +0100
511 java-package (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
513 * NEW: build Blackdown J2RE 1.4.1 (gcc-2.95) and J2SDK 1.4.1 (gcc-2.95).
515 * NEW: support for SUN J2RE 1.5.0 beta, SUN J2SDK 1.5.0 beta.
517 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Sat, 7 Feb 2004 21:57:09 +0100
519 java-package (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
521 * Added support for: SUN J2RE 1.4.2_03, SUN J2SDK 1.4.2_03
523 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:27:52 +0100
525 java-package (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
527 * Added support for: Blackdown J2RE 1.3, 1.4, J2SDK 1.3, 1.4
529 * Removed usage of "du --apparent-size". This should fix a problem
532 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Sun, 9 Nov 2003 21:13:38 +0100
534 java-package (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
536 * Added support for: Sun J2RE 1.3, Sun J2SDK 1.3, Sun J2SDK 1.4
538 * Moved peer packages into this source package.
540 -- Hubert Schmid <ude2@z42.de> Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:10:01 +0100
542 java-package (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
546 -- Hubert Schmid <j2se-package@z42.de> Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:06:57 +0100