Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository

[Per Bothner]

jeff wrote:

>Why not just put the jars in /usr/share/java, keep the system classpath
>completely clean, and let the startup scripts for individual apps choose which
>to include?
>
Because you're causing a big hassle for anybody writing a Java program, 
even "hello world".
It is one thing to ask packagers to have to explicitly specify 
dependencies, but it is
ridiculous to ask this of anybody who wants to program in Java for 
internal use.   We
don't do this for C or C++.



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