I've got a few comments and questions about the recently filed bugs asking us to switch from Requires: java to Requires: java-headless. First, the bugs list some web pages to view for more information. Number two on that list is this:
Jerry James
http://www.jamezone.org/
which has a really unfortunate backslash in it. People clicking on that link get a "sorry, no such page" message from the web server. It should have been this:
Second, the bugs talk about this as a proposed guidelines change, yet https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Java now talks about it. Doesn't that mean that this is an official guideline, not a proposed change to the official gudelines?
Third, developers are offered two options in those bugs: (1) don't do anything and an automatic tool will make the change for you on or after March 17, or (2) make the change to java-headless yourself. I have one package for which I need a third option: tell the automated tool that this bug was filed in error, the package really doesn't work with java-headless, and don't touch the package. I realize that I can mark the bug as assigned and leave it open indefinitely, but I'd rather have some option for closing the bug, please.
Slightly off-topic: fedora-review is telling packagers NOT to add "Requires: jpackage-utils" to javadoc subpackages because that is added automatically, but I see no mention of this on https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Java.
Thanks,
-- Jerry James
http://www.jamezone.org/
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