debian/bin/pilon

@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ export JAVA_CMD=java
 # Include the wrappers utility script
 . /usr/lib/java-wrappers/java-wrappers.sh
 
-run_java -Xms128M -Xmx1G -jar /usr/share/java/pilon.jar "$@"
+# For memory setting see https://github.com/rrwick/Unicycler/issues/63
+run_java -Xms128M -Xmx16384m -jar /usr/share/java/pilon.jar "$@"

debian/changelog

+pilon (1.22+dfsg-3~bpo9+1) stretch-backports; urgency=medium
+
+  * Rebuild for stretch-backports.
+
+ -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:09:49 +0100
+
+pilon (1.22+dfsg-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Drop versoin restriction from default-jre
+  * Increase memory for pilon
+
+ -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:02:06 +0100
+
 pilon (1.22+dfsg-2~bpo9+2) stretch-backports; urgency=medium
 
   * No reason to use versioned Build-Depends for default-jre

debian/control

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Homepage: https://github.com/broadinstitute/pilon/wiki
 Package: pilon
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
-         default-jre,
+         default-jre | java-runtime,
          java-wrappers,
          libhtsjdk-java,
          libcommons-lang-java,