Debian policy for Java

Niels Thykier

Sylvestre Ledru

Ola Lundqvist

Stephane Bortzmeyer

Release: 0.57

Date: 2020-07-27

Abstract

This is the Java policy for Debian. It begins with a background description, continues with the real policy, some issues to discuss and ends with some advice to Java packagers.

The policy covers Java virtual machines, Java compilers, Java programs and Java libraries.

This policy is published under the GNU GPL v2 or later license.


Table of Contents

1. Background
2. Policy
2.1. Virtual machines
2.2. Building Java packages
2.3. Java programs
2.4. Java libraries
2.5. Main, contrib or non-free
3. Issues to discuss
4. Advice to Java packagers