It is still in the works. The current policy addresses some of the
problems. It has not been officially released. You can find it at http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/java-policy/.
The Java Policy can also be found in the java-common package. You
might want to also take a look at the Common Java
Packaging entry in the java.debian.net wiki.
Yes, some until under discussion. Please check out the bugs against the java-common
package. Thus it is very inconvenient to use several
compilers of virtual machines since there is not one CLASSPATH setting for all
of them.
Debian GNU/Linux Java FAQ.
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