> Until, and unless, there exists even the wiff of an alternate Java2 > implementation *in Debian*, I flat out don't see the point of this.
What precisely is your objection to this discussion? So we only have the blackdown port now. Maybe in a year or two kaffe will support java2. Maybe the gcj people will support java2. Maybe not. Nevertheless, there is certainly a variety of java 1.1 runtimes to choose from. What's wrong with taking the time now to set up a nice generic infrastructure for java2 so there's no new mess to sort out in a few years' time? b.
