[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#742503: Bug#742503: octave 3.8.1 requires java

[Mike Miller]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:00:33 +0200, Alois Schloegl wrote:
> Octave should not have a strong dependency on openjdk. Any of the
> following solutions would do:
> 1) the dependency should be changed to "recommended", and/or
> 2) it should allow for some alternative java engine (e.g. gcj or
> whatever). (see also [4] ),
> 3) keeping the java dependency in a octave package "octave-java" as it
> was before 3.8.x

Before #1 or #3 are feasible, some upstream work will need to be done to
allow Octave to detect the (presence of / version of / path to) JRE at
runtime. Please see upstream bug #40111.

For #2 to work, someone needs to figure out why Octave crashes when
built with gcj. Please see upstream bug #41652 [2] and gcc bug #60309
[3].

[1]: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40111
[2]: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41652
[3]: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60309

-- 
mike