On Wednesday 10 November 2004 18:22, Eric Lavarde wrote: > Hi, > > hope this is OK to reply-to-all in such cases... > > Hilko Bengen wrote: > > Eric Lavarde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>the package does already exist actually (see > >>http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FreeMind_on_Linux for > >>details), I'm the maintainer of the package for the FreeMind project > >>and I'd like to have it in the official Debian repository (contrib > >>Section). > > > > Have you tried to compile/run freemind with any of the available > > DFSG-free JREs so far? > > Not personally, but some users have unintentionally and unsuccessfully > tried to start FreeMind with kaffe and gcj. Would I get a different > result if I would try to _compile_ first FreeMind with whatever free JDK?
I tried to run it under gij-3.4 and it died. I have yet to investigate why. David > > >>I'm not yet a Debian developer, going through the documentation and > >>the process of becoming one. > > > > Recently I spent a few hours on creating a freemind package myself, > > since I hadn't seen the links to your package so far. If you want, > > I'll be happy to sponsor your package. > > It would be a pleasure, I just need to find a key signer nearby. Anybody > living around BÃblingen (or Stuttgart)? > So, what would be the next steps? Remember: I'm still going through the > documentation (and I didn't think it would be so quick to get a sponsor > > :-) ). > > Thanks, Eric > > > Cheers, > > -Hilko
