On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:23:23PM +0200, Stefan Gybas wrote: > It is just for building the package. I don't think that most users will > rebuild the Java packages, especially since they are architecture > independent. You also need a lot of -dev packages (and gcc) for > rebuilding C and C++ packages, so that's the normal way.
Please don't assume this. There are lots of reasons for rebuilding, not the least of which is making your own modifications. > I think the package > maintainer knows best which JDK is suited for building the package, so > he should chose one. Although the compatibility of Java implementations is poor, this is not a state we should perpetuate. Many people are willing to try rebuilding packages with other compilers and libraries. This should be encouraged since it will improve compatibility over time. Andrew
