On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 05:27:12PM +0200, Marcus Crafter wrote: > Hi Ola, > > Great work, and thanks for updating the policy. :-) > > Just one question though - I'm curious why programs have to depend on > both java-virtual-machine *and* java1/2-runtime now ? Why is this so ?
Well the java1/2-runtime are just virtual packages. But of course we can update the policy to say that every package that provide java1/2-runtime must also depend on java-virtual-machine. Should we do that? > I would have thought depending on java1/2-runtime would implicitly > mean that the software requires a java-virtual-machine ? > > Now that we have java1/2-runtime, what does java-virtual-machine > actually mean now ? (do we even need it anymore ?) does it mean 'any' > jvm ? (in which case depending on it and java1/2 would be slightly > contradictory wouldn't it ?) The virtual machine is the program that you run. The rumtime is the classes. > Or have I missed the point entirely ? :-) No. :) Regards, // Ola -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Björnkärrsgatan 5 A.11 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 584 36 LINKÖPING | | +46 (0)13-17 69 83 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
