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