>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Gybas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Stefan> I have used Sun's definition of "runtime environment"
Stefan> (i.e. core classes and JVM) in this case. And obviously
Stefan> the maintainers of classpath and libgcj* used the same
Stefan> definitions, otherwise their packages would provide at
Stefan> least java1-runtime.
So classpath & libgjc *together* provide java1-runtime?
Stefan> Of course, lib*-java packages should depend on the Java
Stefan> core classes but IMHO not on something that contains a
Stefan> JVM. Maybe it's better to call the virtual packages that
Stefan> provides the core classes "java1-core" instead of
Stefan> "java1-runtime" to avoid confusion?
What I think you're suggesting is that lib*-java classes would depend
on a virtual package that provides the java.* classes, e.g. classpath,
that was seperate from the virtual package that represented a complete
runtime environment, i.e java.* classes, JVM & tools. That would mean
that kaffe, sablevm, and the various Sun jre, would then provide both
virtual packages. Essentially:
java1-runtime == java-virtual-machine + java1-core
java2-runtime == java-virtual-machine + java2-core
Other than preventing the need for a dummy package to link classpath &
libgcj together (assuming my understanding above is correct), what
does this additional package gain for us?
--
Stephen
"And what do we burn apart from witches?"... "More witches!"
