java-common (0.76+parrot1) echo; urgency=medium

  * Bump java 25 for amd64 and arm64

 -- Lorenzo "Palinuro" Faletra <palinuro@parrotsec.org>  Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:48:57 +0100

java-common (0.76) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Samuel Thibault ]
  * Add hurd-amd64 case. Also closes: #1063732.

  [ Emmanuel Bourg ]
  * Use OpenJDK 21 on alpha, amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, ia64, mipsel,
    mips64el, powerpc, ppc64, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x, sh4, sparc64 and x32.

  [ Matthias Klose ]
  * Bump standards version.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Sat, 03 Aug 2024 14:59:28 +0200

java-common (0.75) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.

  [ tony mancill ]
  * Correct update-java-alternatives return code (Closes: #1017922)
  * No longer call do_auto during do_set (Closes: #829008)
  * Freshen years in debian/copyright

  [ Emmanuel Bourg ]
  * Added loong64 to the list of Java 17 architectures (Closes: #1051305)
  * New macro java_compat_level giving the minimum source/target
    compatibility level supported by the default JDK

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:56:32 +0200

java-common (0.74) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Use OpenJDK 17 on powerpc (Closes: #1028484)
  * Standards-Version updated to 4.6.2

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Wed, 11 Jan 2023 23:12:21 +0100

java-common (0.73) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Use OpenJDK 17 on alpha, amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, ia64, m68k,
    mipsel, mips64el, ppc64, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x, sh4, sparc64 and x32.
  * The java-runtime & java-runtime-headless virtual packages are now versioned
  * Fixed the return code of update-java-alternatives --list and --set
    (Closes: #929105, #1017922)
  * Dropped unsupported architectures: hppa, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386,
    hurd-i386, powerpcspe, s390 and sparc
  * New macro java_unsupported_architectures listing architectures without Java
  * Keep the default values for the LTS versions since Java 8 only (8, 11, 17)
  * Standards-Version updated to 4.6.1
  * Switch to debhelper level 13

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:07:53 +0100

java-common (0.72) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Prepared the default values for Java 13 to 17
  * Standards-Version updated to 4.4.0

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:11:14 +0200

java-common (0.71) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Bump OpenJDK version for sh4 arch to 11 (Closes: #917772)
  * Bump Standards-Version to 4.3.0

 -- tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>  Sat, 29 Dec 2018 19:04:23 -0800

java-common (0.70) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Upload to unstable

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Sun, 28 Oct 2018 16:09:15 +0100

java-common (0.69) experimental; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Moved all Java 10 architectures to Java 11, except sh4 and powerpcspe
    (Closes: #910148)

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:26:55 +0200

java-common (0.68) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Moved powerpcspe to the list of Java 10 architectures (Closes: #901571)
  * Moved m68k to the list of Java 10 architectures (Closes: #904585)
  * Standards-Version updated to 4.1.5

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Wed, 25 Jul 2018 23:47:52 +0200

java-common (0.67) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Added riscv64 to the list of Java 10 architectures (Closes: #897039)
  * default-jre no longer suggest default-java-plugin (Closes: #893849)

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:02:34 +0200

java-common (0.66) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.

  [ Emmanuel Bourg ]
  * Use salsa.debian.org Vcs-* URLs
  * Removed the GCJ paths from jvm_includes
  * Simplified debian/rules

  [ Matthias Klose ]
  * Remove all references to the plugin and gcj packages.
  * Add the default values for Java 12

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Mon, 28 May 2018 15:59:28 +0200

java-common (0.65) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Bump sparc64 defaults to 1.10.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Mon, 30 Apr 2018 22:34:12 +0200

java-common (0.63.1) experimental; urgency=medium

  [ Tiago Stürmer Daitx ]
  * debian/control:
    - add XB-Cnf-Extra-Commands hints to default-{jre,jdk}
      for the new command-not-found extraction
  * default-jre: Lower recommends of default-java-plugin to a suggests.

  [ Matthias Klose ]
  * Bump the version of the defaults packages to 1.10, keep defaults
    for m68k powerpcspe sparc64 at 1.9.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Sun, 08 Apr 2018 20:00:51 +0200

java-common (0.63) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload
  * Move ia64 from Java 5 to Java 9 architectures (Closes: #894011)
  * Use debhelper 11

 -- tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>  Tue, 03 Apr 2018 21:05:46 -0700

java-common (0.62) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Stop building the plugin package.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Mon, 19 Mar 2018 01:35:10 +0800

java-common (0.61) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Don't build jre/jdk defaults packages on platforms still relying
    on java 5 (provided by gcj). Closes: #892529.
  * Remove kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 from java9_architectures.
  * Prepare the default values for Java 11
  * Stop building gcj-native-helper.
  * java_defaults.mk: Add two new macros:
    - java_default_architectures
    - java_dependency, call as $(call java_dependency, default-jdk)
      -> default-jdk [!hppa !ia64 !s390 !sparc !hurd-i386]

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:59:44 +0100

java-common (0.59) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Prepared the default values for Java 10
  * Standards-Version updated to 4.0.0
  * Refreshed debian/copyright

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:32:52 +0200

java-common (0.58) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Fixed update-java-alternatives to work with the new jdk-headless packages.
    Thanks to Dominic Hargreaves for the patch (Closes: #825987)
  * Updated the package descriptions
  * Removed the unused Lintian overrides
  * Use secure Vcs-* URLs
  * Standards-Version updated to 3.9.8
  * Switch to debhelper level 10

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Fri, 06 Jan 2017 13:55:31 +0100

java-common (0.57) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Build a default-jdk-headless package.
  * java_defaults.mk: Fix jvm_archdir macro (Jonas Smedegaard). Closes: #814783.
  * Just remove the gcj-native-helper doc symlink on upgrade. Closes: #813223.
  * Remove Torsten Werner from uploaders.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 18:34:49 +0100

java-common (0.56) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Build default-java-plugin for the architectures supporting icedtea-web only

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:47:24 +0100

java-common (0.55) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.

  [ Matthias Klose ]
  * Bump m68k, sh4 and sparc64 to 1.8.

  [ Emmanuel Bourg ]
  * Upload to unstable
  * Fixed the name of the plugin dependency
    (icedtea-<n>-plugin instead of icedtea-<n>-web)
  * Standards-Version updated to 3.9.7 (no changes)
  * Properly handle the symlink to dir conversion in gcj-native-helper
    (Closes: #813223)

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Fri, 05 Feb 2016 00:42:57 +0100

java-common (0.54) experimental; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.

  [ Emmanuel Bourg ]
  * Use OpenJDK 8 on mips, mipsel and mips64el.
  * Added a new default-java-plugin package depending on the right plugin
    package for the current architecture, typically icedtea-<n>-plugin.
    default-java-plugin provides icedtea-plugin (Closes: #678381).
  * default-jre now recommends default-java-plugin
  * The Java Policy and the FAQ have been moved to the new java-policy package.
  * default-jdk-doc is now architecture dependent (Closes: #801257)
  * gcj-native-helper no longer depends on default-jdk
  * gcj-native-helper depends on gcj-jdk instead of openjdk (regression in 0.53)
  * default-jdk/jre now have unversioned dependencies on openjdk
  * Dropped support for non multiarch aware openjdk packages
  * update-java-alternatives now supports bash completion (Closes: #777550)
  * The output of update-java-alternatives --list is now aligned vertically
  * Removed the unused classpath-from-jars-1 example
  * Removed the old dummy control files
  * Removed the README about the old default-jdk-builddep transition
  * Removed the unused Lintian overrides for java-common
  * Removed the not implemented --test option from update-java-alternatives
    (Closes: #800024)
  * Converted debian/copyright to the Copyright Format 1.0
  * Simplified debian/rules using the dh sequencer
  * Removed the default values for Java 6 (no longer used)

  [ Matthias Klose ]
  * Bump alpha, kfreebsd-amd64 and kfreebsd-i386 to 1.8.
  * java_defaults.mk: Add jvm_archdir, jvm_archpath, jvm_includes macros.

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:54:19 +0100

java-common (0.53) experimental; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Use OpenJDK 8 on amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, powerpc, powerpcspe,
    ppc64, ppc64el, s390x and x32.
  * Prepared the default values for Java 9
  * Policy changes:
    - Programs must depend on the needed runtime environment, but not
      the libraries (Closes: #730133)
    - Replaced 'java' with 'Java' when referring to the language
    - Mentioned the virtual packages java{5,6,7,8}-runtime(-headless)?
  * Removed Niels Thykier from the uploaders (Closes: #770579)
  * Changed the maintainer from 'Debian Java Mailing List'
    to 'Debian Java Maintainers'
  * Standards-Version updated to 3.9.6 (no changes)
  * Moved the package to Git

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Tue, 01 Sep 2015 23:11:54 +0200

java-common (0.52.1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Bump kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 to 1.7 again.
  * java_defaults.mk: Add jvm_archdir and jvm_archpath macros.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:40:26 +0200

java-common (0.52) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Use OpenJDK 7 on mips64el (Closes: #747179)
  * Prepared the default values for Java 8
  * Use 'set -e' instead of '#!/bin/sh -e' in debian/java-common.postrm
  * Switch to debhelper level 9
  * debian/control:
    - Standards-Version updated to 3.9.5 (no changes)
    - Use a canonical URL for the Vcs-Svn field
    - Added the Homepage field

 -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Tue, 06 May 2014 11:10:05 +0200

java-common (0.51) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Sylvestre Ledru ]
  * Fix some wrong version declarations

  [ Matthias Klose ]
  * Promote openjdk-7 as default-java on arm64, mips, mipsel, powerpcspe,
    ppc64el, x32.
  * Revert back to gcj on ia64. openjdk-7 fails to build, not porter feedback.
  * Revert back to gcj on s390. openjdk-7 fails to build, not a release
    architecture anymore.
  * Revert back to gcj on sparc and sparc64. Hotspot for sparc isn't
    maintained anymore upstream.  No porter feedback about a Zero port.
  * Revert back to gcj on kfreebsd-{i386,amd64}.  The port is not yet
    available upstream.  No feedback from the kfreebsd porters, and no
    updates for new upstream versions.
  * Bump the epoch on the default-{jre-headless,jre,jdk} packages.

 -- Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>  Sat, 01 Feb 2014 13:03:13 +0100

java-common (0.50) unstable; urgency=low

  * Remove the 'Libraries must depend on the needed runtime environment'
    from the policy. It was wrong and conflicting with lintian.
    (Closes: #730133)

  [ Damien Raude-Morvan ]
  * Promote openjdk-7 as default-java on kfreebsd-{i386,amd64}.

 -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Sat, 23 Nov 2013 14:55:24 +0100

java-common (0.49) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Sylvestre Ledru ]
  * Team upload.
  * Finalize the upload to switch to OpenJDK 7.
    See http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/08/msg00000.html
  * Fix empty-binary-package on gcj-native-helper, default-jre & default-jdk
  * Remove local variables in the changelog
  * Update of the Debian Java FAQ (was starting to become obsolete)
  * Update of the Java policy:
    - Recommend default-jre & default-jre-headless for Java libraries
    - Create a section "Building Java packages"
      - Promote default-jdk
      - Advice to use javahelper
      - Recommend maven-debian-helper
    - Remove some deprecated references to java-runtime{1,2}
    - Minor improvements
    - State the license of the policy (Closes: #687841)

  [ tony mancill ]
  * Upload to unstable to make openjdk-7 the default on architectures
    where it is supported.
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4.
  * Update Vcs-Svn URL.

  [ Matthias Klose ]
  * Don't blindly update to OpenJDK7 on architectures where it is not
    supported or not even built.
  * Provide a /usr/share/java/java_defaults.mk makefile fragment for
    supported java architectures and versions.

 -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Mon, 05 Aug 2013 17:18:05 +0200

java-common (0.48) experimental; urgency=low

  * Upload to experimental.
  * Replace java6 with java7 on architectures supporting
    openjdk-7.

 -- Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>  Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:29:24 +0200

java-common (0.47) unstable; urgency=low

  * Add creation and removal of /etc/.java (common to different OpenJDK
    versions) in java-common maintainer scripts. Closes: #660604.
  * Remove Michael from the uploaders list. Closes: #654029.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:19:30 +0100

java-common (0.46) unstable; urgency=low

  * java-common: Mark it as Multi-Arch: foreign.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:57:55 +0100

java-common (0.45) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed FTBFS due to build depending on build-indep.

 -- Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>  Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:55:59 +0100

java-common (0.44) unstable; urgency=low

  * Added build-arch target to d/rules.
  * Bumped Standards-Versions to 3.9.2 - no changes required.

 -- Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>  Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:37:45 +0100

java-common (0.43) unstable; urgency=low

  * Depend on the multiarch aware openjdk-6-jre-headless.
  * Default to openjdk-6 on ppc64.
  * update-java-alternatives: Substitute <jname> with <jname>-<arch>.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:08:08 +0200

java-common (0.42) unstable; urgency=low

  * Set jvmdir to java-1.6.0-openjdk for the openjdk-6 default.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:21:43 +0200

java-common (0.41) unstable; urgency=low

  * Bumped Standards-Versions to 3.9.1 - no changes required.
  * Removed DMUA  - no longer required.

  [ Sylvestre Ledru ]
  * Under mips, openjdk should be proposed instead of gcj (Closes: #631140)
    Revert of the change introduced in version 0.39
  * Remove outdated information about java in Squeeze (Closes: #617803)

  [ Matthias Klose ]
  * Default to openjdk-6 on s390x. Closes: #638361.
  * Default to openjdk-6 on armhf.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:30:55 +0200

java-common (0.40ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * Default to OpenJDK on ppc64.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>  Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:24:51 +0100

java-common (0.40) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Niels Thykier ]
  * Make openjdk-6 default on powerpcspe (Closes: #593627).
    - Thanks to Sebastian Andrzej Siewior.

  [ Torsten Werner ]
  * Add an epoch to the arch any packages because we downgrade them from 1.6-*
    to 1.5-* on mips.
    - This fixes the last upload on this architecture.
    - Set urgency to medium.

 -- Torsten Werner <twerner@debian.org>  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:01:54 +0200

java-common (0.39) unstable; urgency=low

  * Change default-jdk/jre(-headless) back to gcj on the mips architecture
    because openjdk FTBFS there.

 -- Torsten Werner <twerner@debian.org>  Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:43:52 +0200

java-common (0.38) unstable; urgency=low

  * Updated the description of gcj-native-helper and also the
    previous changelog entry to clarify that gcj-native-helper
    is only a partial replacement for default-jdk-builddep.

    Please see README.gcj-native-transition in the java-common
    package for more information on the transition.
  * Added missing Replaces/Conflicts for gcj-native-helper.
  * Bumped Standards-Versions to 3.9.0 - no changes required.

 -- Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>  Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:11:38 +0200

java-common (0.37) unstable; urgency=low

  * Updated and synced the Java FAQ.
    - contains a example of how to link with system javadocs.
    (Closes: #577164)
  * Renamed default-jdk-builddep to gcj-native-helper.
    - Note gcj-native-helper is only a partial replacement for
      default-jdk-builddep
  * Removed useless install files and moved the override files
    to a location where dh_lintian finds them.
  * Removed some unused overrides.
  * Updated current list of maintainers in d/copyright
    (based on current list of Uploaders).

 -- Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>  Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:07:15 +0200

java-common (0.36) unstable; urgency=low

  * Correct a ${jdk} that should have been a ${jre} in the decription
    of default-jre. Thanks to Yoshino Yoshihito for spotting it.
    (Closes: #576632)
  * Removed Stefan Gybas from Uploaders (no upload since 2003); thanks
    for your work.
  * Applied patch from Thierry Basque that fixes the --list
    argument for update-java-alternatives. (Closes: #563070)
  * Updated the off-line copy of the Debian Java FAQ.
  * Added sh4 to the list of architectures that support openjdk-6.
    (Closes: #577482)
  * Removed useless commands from debian/rules and removed B-D on
    dpsyco-devel.
  * Policy Changes:
    - Removed section "Java Compilers".
    - Retired the virtual packages java-virtual-machine, java-compiler
      and java2-compiler
    - Relax program installation locations (Closes: #395372)
    - Specified installation location for private program jars.
    - Removed mention of binfmt_misc in favor of jarwrapper.
      (Closes: #227594)

 -- Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:05:16 +0200

java-common (0.35) unstable; urgency=low

  * Added myself to Uploaders.
  * Added myself to the list of Authors of the Java Policy.
  * Integrated adapted parts of the FOSDEM06 proposal into the Java
    Policy.
    - Java libraries are no longer required to depend on a JVM
    (Closes: #227587, #505166)
  * Updated to java-faq to match the online version.
  * Bumped debhelper compat to 7.
    - Added missing ${misc:Depends}
  * Use the version from the changelog rather than the dir to determine
    the debian "revision" of the default-* packages. It is more robust.
  * Removed old publish rule - the policy is updated automatically after
    upload now.
  * Updated the rules to update the java faq.
  * Converted source to 3.0 (native).
  * Bumped Standards-Version to 3.8.4 - no changes required.
  * Set DM-Upload-Allowed.
  * Removed self suggest in default-jre.
  * Fixed a spelling mistake in README.Debian.
  * Removed Arnaud Vandyck from Uploaders - Thanks for your work on this
    package.

 -- Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>  Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:01:40 +0200

java-common (0.34) unstable; urgency=low

  * Build a default-jdk-doc package to make the documentation available
    in a path (/usr/share/doc/default-jdk/api) independent of the depending
    package.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:22:35 +0100

java-common (0.33) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Matthias Klose ]
  * Set package sections to java.

  [ Torsten Werner ]
  * Add myself to Uploaders.
  * Add a local copy of debian-java-faq to avoid network (CVS) access during
    build time.
  * Sync with Ubuntu:
    - Switch to OpenJDK as the default JDK/JRE.
  * Update Standards-Version: 3.8.2:
    - Add Vcs headers to debian/control.

 -- Torsten Werner <twerner@debian.org>  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:16:06 +0200

java-common (0.32) unstable; urgency=low

  * Build the default-* packages on hppa.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Sun, 17 May 2009 23:21:22 +0200

java-common (0.31) unstable; urgency=low

  * Build the default-* packages on alpha again.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:41:46 +0100

java-common (0.30ubuntu5) karmic; urgency=low

  * default-jdk-builddep: Depend on gcj-jdk instead of java-gcj-compat-dev.
  * Build for hppa.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:36:36 +0200

java-common (0.30ubuntu4) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Default to openjdk-6 on armel.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:03:21 +0100

java-common (0.30ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low

  * On powerpc, default back to openjdk-6 instead of cacao-oj6. Still
    more testsuite failures in the OpenJDK testsuite with cacao compared
    to the zero port.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:09:39 +0000

java-common (0.30ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low

  * debian/rules
    - Fix jvmdir for powerpc, so that default-java symlink is correct.
      (LP: #256949)

 -- Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:55:23 +0530

java-common (0.30ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * On amd64, i386, ia64 and sparc, point default-* to openjdk-6,
    on powerpc, point to cacao-oj6.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:41:31 +0200

java-common (0.30) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix description generation for default-jre. Closes: #476978.

 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>  Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:13:55 +0200

java-common (0.29) unstable; urgency=low

  * Do not build the default-* packages on alpha, arm, hppa.

 -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:02:28 +0200

java-common (0.28) unstable; urgency=low

  [Matthias Klose]
  * Build packages default-jre, default-jre-headless, default-jdk
    and default-jdk-builddep.
    Provides an abstraction for the preferred jre/jdk for a specific
    architecture.  Build-depending on default-jdk-builddep ensures
    a dependency on java-gcj-compat-dev even if the default jdk is
    another than java-gcj-compat-dev. Discussion thread starting at
    http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2008/03/msg00007.html.
  * update-java-alternatives: Add --jre-headless option.

  [Michael Koch]
  * Fix issues in scripts/update-java-alternatives.8
  * Converted debian/java-common.doc-base.faq to utf-8 encoding.
  * Fix bug in scripts/update-java-alternatives when usage is shown.
  * Ignore lintian issues as they are false positives in our case.

 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>  Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:13:24 +0200

java-common (0.27) unstable; urgency=low

  * Updated FAQ. Closes: #449282.
  * Updated debhelper level to 5.

 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:59:27 +0100

java-common (0.26) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed typo in package description. Closes: #363985.

 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:12:04 -0100

java-common (0.25) unstable; urgency=low

  [Matthias Klose]
  * update-java-alternatives: Search for /usr/lib/jvm/.*.jinfo files
    as well, new option --plugin.

 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>  Tue,  9 May 2006 21:33:38 +0000

java-common (0.24) unstable; urgency=low

  [Matthias Klose]
  * Search for the update-java-alternatives description files in
    /usr/lib/jvm/*.jinfo.
  * Add a script update-java-alternatives(8).

  [Michael Koch]
  * Updated DH_COMPAT level to 4.
  * Updated Standards-Version to 3.7.2.
  * Added myself to Uploaders field.
  * Added myself to debian/copyright and updated address of FSF.
  * Moved most of Build-Depends to Build-Depends-Indep.
  * Removed CVS directories.

 -- Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>  Sat,  6 May 2006 22:20:14 +0000

java-common (0.23) unstable; urgency=low

  * Updated the Debian Java FAQ (closes: #156547, #252219), thanks to
    Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña
  * policy.xml: corrected typos (closes: #285303), thanks to Bill
    Allombert
  * debian/control:
    + (Uploaders) removed Ola Lundqvist from the uploaders (see
      debian-java mailing list, June 2005)
    + (Uploaders) added myself
    + (Uploaders) added Debian Java Maintainers (closes: #302887)
  * debian/README.Debian: corrected wrong path the the faq and the policy
    and a typo (closes: #197256, #285014), thanks to Vincent Lefevre
  * debian/copyright: moved Ola from current maintainers to previous
    maintainers, updated the file with the debhelper gpl template, added
    copyright years (closes: #290189)

 -- Arnaud Vandyck <avdyk@debian.org>  Sat, 11 Jun 2005 13:59:20 +0200

java-common (0.22) unstable; urgency=low

  * Changed Maintainer: to the Debian Java Mailing List and added myself
    to Uploaders: (closes: #201670)
  * Changed the long description to use a real item list
  * Removed debian/java-common.README.debian since we now have build
    dependencies
  * Standards-Version: 3.6.1
    + Changed Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends

 -- Stefan Gybas <sgybas@debian.org>  Mon,  8 Sep 2003 11:18:55 +0200

java-common (0.21) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed dummy control files, closes: #201495.
  * Updated java FAQ from CVS, closes: #197577.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:16:43 +0200

java-common (0.20) unstable; urgency=low

  * Updated Java FAQ from CVS, closes: #192286.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Fri,  9 May 2003 13:14:44 +0200

java-common (0.19) unstable; urgency=low

  * Added JNI standardized directories, closes: #163390.
    Thanks to Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> for the patch.
  * Updated FAQ from cvs.
  * Now refer to an url instead of listing free jvm:s, closes: #146731.
  * Fixed doc section (is now Debian), closes: #187865.
  * Rebuild, no longer junk in policy.txt, closes: #162377.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:32:41 +0200

java-common (0.18) unstable; urgency=low

  * Updated java faq from cvs to fix deb source line, closes: #162733.
  * Fixed doc-base file, closes: #163102.
  * Policy update as accepted by debian-java@lists.debian.org,
    closes: #182466.
  * Removed the last references about that this is a proposed policy. It
    is no longer just a proposed policy.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:48:18 +0200

java-common (0.17) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed some xml errors and reference error to debian policy, using
    patch from Ahmed <ahmed@baizid.org>, closes: #173033.
  * Fixed Makefile so that it can produce proper txt output, closes:
    #162377.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 05:56:54 +0100

java-common (0.16) unstable; urgency=low

  * Updated java policy with more about JNI, closes: #162282.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:50:48 +0200

java-common (0.15) unstable; urgency=low

  * Removed policy.sgml from source.
  * Changed so that the policy is no longer PROPOSED.
  * Some editorial changes.
  * Java libraries should now only suggest java-virtual-machine,
    closes: #159448.
  * Documentation about -gcj and -jni, closes: #146771.
  * Java-common now suggests equivs and contain instructions on how to create
    a dummy package, closes: #159483. Thanks to
    "Grzegorz Prokopski (Debian Developer)" <gadek@debian.org>.
  * Fixed typo, closes: #160735.
  * Updated debian-java-faq.
  * Fixed build problem.
  * Updated standards version.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 07:41:45 +0200

java-common (0.14) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed description again.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun,  7 Apr 2002 12:03:11 +0200

java-common (0.13) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed description, closes: #141463.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sat,  6 Apr 2002 17:31:32 +0200

java-common (0.12) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed spaces in description, closes: #137179.
  * Fixed doc-base bug, closes: #137516.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@lysator.liu.se>  Fri,  5 Apr 2002 21:25:34 +0200

java-common (0.11) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed doc-base problem, closes: #136994, #137022, #137031, #137063.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed,  6 Mar 2002 16:10:04 +0100

java-common (0.10) unstable; urgency=low

  * Changed descriotion, closes: #118458.
  * Added doc-base file, thanks to Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena
    <jfs@dat.etsit.upm.es>, closes: #118459.
  * Spelling things in policy, closes: #119801.
  * Spelling issue in FAQ, closes: #127114.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Mon,  4 Mar 2002 20:56:39 +0100

java-common (0.9) unstable; urgency=low

  * Updated the java policy. This is a major rewrite from all the information
    that people seems to have agreed upon, in the debian-java@lists.debian.org
    mailinglist. Closes: #107809, #107810.
    Also converted it to docbook format.
  * Removed manpage.
  * Fixed the copyright file, closes: #55524.
  * Removed java-compiler-dummy.
  * Removed java-virtual-machine-dummy.
  * Removed java1-runtime-dummy.
  * Removed dummy config files. After this package is uploaded I'll ask for
    the removal of the *-dummy packages that was previously mentioned in
    the policy.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Mon, 01 Oct 2001 13:43:56 +0200
java-common (0.8) unstable; urgency=low

  * Moved java-compiler-dummy to java-common.
  * Moved java-virtual-machine-dummy to java-common.
  * Created java1-runtime-dummy.
  * Moved dummy config files, closes: #55527, #55747.
  * Fixed manpage, closes: #55525.
  * Fixed the copyright file, closes: #55524.
  * No I will not add a jar hook. It does not require any special
    classpaths and the jar program should exist in the package that
    provides the binary, closes: #81647.
  * Updated the java policy. This is a major rewrite from all the information
    that people seems to have agreed upon, in the debian-java@lists.debian.org
    mailinglist. Closes: #107809, #107810.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Mon, 01 Oct 2001 13:43:56 +0200

java-common (0.7) unstable; urgency=low

  * New maintainer Ola Lundqvist, closes: #92816.
  * Fixed /usr/doc problem with this rebuild, closes: #72498.
  * Fixed standards version, closes: #79981, #86928.
  * Misspelling seems to have been fixed, closes: #67152.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed,  4 Apr 2001 23:07:10 +0200

java-common (0.6) unstable; urgency=low

  * Java FAQ now retrieved from the pristine source (DDP CVS)

 -- Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>  Thu,  7 Dec 2000 15:23:16 +0100

java-common (0.5) unstable; urgency=low

  * examples/ directory
  * Debian packages at Blackdown in the FAQ

 -- Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>  Thu,  9 Nov 2000 17:23:30 +0100

java-common (0.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * A few fixes (URLs mostly).

 -- Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>  Mon,  2 Oct 2000 11:26:10 +0200

java-common (0.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Added the Debian-Java FAQ (maintained by Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a
    <jfs@computer.org>) to the information provided by the package.

 -- Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:08:32 +0200

java-common (0.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * The policy is now included, and in XML form. Closes #42114

 -- Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>  Thu,  2 Sep 1999 17:10:15 +0200

java-common (0.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Proper versioning for a Debian-only package

 -- Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:00:52 +0200

java-common (0.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Initial Release.

 -- Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:03:43 +0200


