severity 911925 important
thanks
As the ant build error was unrelated (likely a version problem,
eventually killing the "build" folder to force a clean rebuild helped),
reducing to "important" again.
Nevertheless, several users have observed this build problem with Maven
surefire. While it may well be an issue with surefire, this causes
unexpected build problems in other Java programs and needs to be
investigated.
Downgrading via
http://snapshot.debian.org/package/openjdk-8/8u181-b13-1/ helped for
surefire.
Regards,
Erich
