-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 15 May 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > HI, > > > > > my company is starting to use debian as server to develop java, however > > > my boss noticed that there is no SUN j2ee/j2sdk (official or not) > > > 1.3/1.4 release for debian. > > > > AFAIK there's no debian-package of the official Sun J2EE/J2SE, but that > > doesn't mean you can't install the rpm or the tar.gz package. > > That is the solution I proposed if the blackdown test fails... (I really > think the test will be ok, but my boss wanted an alternative... :-) I think your boss could be convinced by the following argument: there are many java implementations in the wild, some people not necesarilly use the latest 1.4 or 1.3. Myself, I prefer installing tar.gz by hand into /usr/local/{ibm-1.3,sun-1.2.2,blackdown-1.3,etc,etc} and using some shell wrappers to set proper environment variables. That way, I can test an app with different jvm's, do it quickly, automation is possible as well and there is no need to give users additional privileges. Some other solutions may be equally good but this is what I do. That way, the fact that I use Debian for my java development is totally insignificant, because I don't need, don't ask for and moreover, I would be dissatisfied when presented with packaged jdk without tar.gz option. Of course I chose Debian as my primary system because of some reason - you can find all my reasons and even more on some advocacy group (ask them and they will send you tons of reasons, choose whatever you like). So, what bothers your boss seems to be secondary problem in my eyes but I can be missing something from the picture. Just my $0.02, as an alternative opinion (I have noticed that everybody would like debs for jdk - well, now you know the one with other wishes :-) ). bye T. - -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBPOKfvRETUsyL9vbiEQJ3xgCfWvmhioQ+l+A4+LIRMKiLvrboh1AAn3hT es3XKOhVT5vBQABXs/hkPEY2 =moUF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]