debian is not a trustworthy source of software if you expect it to be close to the upstream version.
They will change things around completely (MySQL/MariaDB), cause terrible bugs (OpenSSL), create crazy/renamed/weird versions (apache httpd -> apache2), etc etc.
Frankly you are lucky to get something this close to real java and not a shell script wrapping GCJ or whatever.
>And any day Debian decides to stop using Foo, is always a happy day for Foo's upstream. Finally, the stream of bugs matching the below template will stop spamming Foo's bug tracker:
>> Debian X.x (stable)
>> foo <5-10 years old release>
>>
>> <XXth duplicate of a 7 year old issue that has been fixed 3+ years ago |
5 year old Debian-only bug caused by a Debian patch>.
>The only appropriate reply to such bugs IMHO is:
>> Fuck off. And don't come back before switching to a distribution
>> with a non-broken definition of stability.
>Unfortunately, most upstreams always try to stay civil.
They will change things around completely (MySQL/MariaDB), cause terrible bugs (OpenSSL), create crazy/renamed/weird versions (apache httpd -> apache2), etc etc.
Frankly you are lucky to get something this close to real java and not a shell script wrapping GCJ or whatever.