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> Well. It is mostly because to help the build daemons. Many java packages
> (especially in the contrib section) depend on non-packaged stuff to build
> the package. So arch independent -java packages are really nice.
I'm not sure I see how this helps the build daemons. If something depends on
non-packaged stuff at build time, the build daemons can't build it anyway
since they won't have the build dependencies available to them. If something
doesn't depend on non-packaged stuff at build time then the build daemons
should be fine regardless of architecture.
> I have now taken a _quick_ look at it. Would it be possible to use the
> .c stuff (arch dependent) stuff outside of java?
Not really. The C library contains java-specific wrappers. In fact, all
that's really in the libreadline-java C library is java-specific wrappers to
the usual libedit routines.
> Can the java classes be used without the .c (arch dependent) stuff?
No. They will not function without the C library (the JVM will throw an
exception if the C library is not available).
> I know I'm in favour of splitting things but I also know that all people
> are not. :)
I do believe in this instance that neither the java classes nor the C library
make sense without the other.
Ben. :)
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