On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 11:02:59PM +0200, Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a wrote: > On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 04:52:22PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > - something it already had (admins who really wanted Sun's Java could > > > always go to java.sun.com and install it themselves or use java-package) > > > > Well, see, *this* is not true. Sure, it's possible to install Java on a > > Debian system; one can even turn a non-free binary java distribution > > into a Debian package and install that by using java-package. However, > > this is a far cry from > > * Being able to install non-free Java on your Debian system, even if the > > oldest Java binaries being distributed by the original authors are > > more recent than the ones java-package is ready for > > * Being able to just install non-free Java by running "apt-get install". > > * Being able to upgrade to a newer (fixed) version of Java by just > > running "apt-get upgrade" > > Please RTFM [1], Blackdown has been distributing java packages for Debian > through their own APT repositories and mirror network for quite some time. > For example check this: > > # Blackdown Java > deb ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/java/linux/debian unstable non-free
Apparently you've not been following the world very closely, blackdown haven't updated the packages in that archive for "some time", and now suggest using java-package to create your own packages. Personally, I'd much rather the Sun JVM was removed from non-free until the licence is sorted to an extent that means SPI isn't legally bound by distributing it in non-free. java-package works, and it works well. Thanks, -- Brett Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
