Hallo Jan, --- Jan Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hallo Ean, > > * Ean Schuessler wrote:
> >The problem is that "java2-runtime-<spec-version>" doesn't really > >provide anything more than "j2re1.4". It is just a wordier way to refer > >to Sun and IBM's VM, neither of which can actually be distributed by > >Debian. > > The problem is, that this JVM can be installed and will often be a > better choice (apache with tomcat and full load on kaffe?). This > interface is for such a case. tomcat3 has been known to work on kaffe fine for quite a while. Tomcat4 I haven' tried recently. Jetty should work fine with kaffe 1.1.1. Why shouldn't the user determine the better choice himself? > Currently you forbit this, as you only know where the BD package put > their java and so it will break if you have sun-java packaged > (mpkg-j2sdk) and instaleld with that name. Can't the maintainers of Blackdown Java and mpkg-j2sdk resolve this naming issue among themselves? ;) > >Kaffe is actually mostly compatible with the JAVA_HOME "standard" now > >that I use symlinks for Debian compatibility. It might be worth making > >the JAVA_HOME structure part of Debian policy. GCJ and friends could > >create some simulation of it by symlinking stuff into a fake JAVA_HOME > >structure. > > I much for this, but it will need 'protection', so that this system > prevents to mistake kaffe for a sun compatible JVM-1.4. Could you elaborate on this one, as in give an example where kaffe can be mistaken for Sun's JVM 1.4 why such protection is needed? cheers, dalibor topic __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
