Bug#820857: java-package: Generated JDK package should have higher priority than existing openjdk packages

[Markus Koschany]

Am 13.04.2016 um 10:32 schrieb Jan Henke:
> Hi,
> 
> I would prefer this. An extra option while creating the package to give it the highest priority.
> 
> Markus, while in principle I agree with you, sadly my job requires me to use the propritary JDK. I do think this use case should be as simple as possible and not made more difficult "because it is non free software".
> 
> Best Regards,
> Jan Henke

I also have to use the proprietary JDK from time to time to test my
software. However I think Debian is about free software and everything
we do should reflect this and thus OpenJDK was made the default JDK/JRE.

I also don't see the difficulties in using

	sudo update-alternatives --config java


after the installation of the Oracle JDK and to change the default to
the preferred one. That would have taken less time than to file this bug
report.

Regards,

Markus


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