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[Jonas Kalderstam <jonas.ubuntuone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Any installed JRE that Provides java8-runtime will satisfy your Depends.
> Unfortunately that includes openjdk-9-jre - but then the user must have
> installed it beforehand. Otherwise openjdk-8-jre-headless will be
> installed.

We are OK with openjdk-9 satisfying the Depends as long as it has been
installed explicitly. The concern is primarily for less experienced users who do no have java installed already.
 
> It's exactly because openjdk-9-jre can also satisfy that Depends that I
> previously suggested depending explicitly on the JRE packages that you
> support instead of relying on the "java8-runtime" virtual package for a
> "catch all".

Problem for us is that we don't have a list of packages that we support.
We have a clear list of supported JREs but only openjdk is available in
a clear package. The rest might be called anything.

> On a side note, if you prefer to keep relying on the virtual package you
> might want to use "java8-runtime-headless" instead of "java8-runtime"
> (given that your other dependency is "openjdk-8-jre-headless").

Yes, good catch.

Thanks for your help on this issue.

BR
/Jonas

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1584118

Title:
  16.04 incorrectly installs openjdk-9 to satisfy java8-runtime
  dependency

Status in openjdk-9 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hi,
  A user recently reported an issue on our bug tracker stating that our package was pulling in openjdk-9 and subsequently crashed when started. This apparently because openjdk-9 is the default choice for java8-runtime, which is quite surprising.

  Now it is technically correct that java9 does provide a java8-runtime,
  but java9 isn't even released yet and should definitely not be the
  default java8-runtime until that time.

  Same bug was reported against puppet here:
  https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/EZ-77

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