> > 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... :-) > > > For now, I'm trying to convince him about the goodness of blackdown > > implementation, so we'll start a test using it. > > I recall Sun once using the Blackdown-version for distribution as their > Linux-version of the JDK... > > > However I looked (by google) a debian package of sun implementation, but > > I didn't find it. > > > > Does anyone know where I can find it, if any? > > See above. > > > I think debian should be provided by these (unofficial) package, because > > some companies want use the official java sun, so they install a > > non-debian distro only for it. > > Which is ridiculous because the officially provided package from Sun > installs fine on a Debian machine. yes, it is, but it *seems* an hacking, not a good solution. Is There a (non-license) motivation for the absence of a .deb for the official SUN java? > And IMHO the Blackdown JDK is a > better choice. > It tends to get a bit more testing (on more platforms) and > some bugfixes found after a release from Sun is already made. I think so, but my boss doesn't :-(, Thanks for you patience, Linux-anc ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]) registered as user #170611 with the Linux Counter -- Prendi GRATIS l'email universale che... risparmia: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Iscriviti al "club primo capitolo" di Airbook.it. Riceverai gratuitamente il primo capitolo delle ultime novità editoriali. Clicca qui: http://adv2.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=346&d=15-5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
