> >>From debian I'd expect a policy that helps and guides java > >>apps/libs/jvm > >maintainers to build and package their stuff with a focus on free > >VMs, gives pointers who to get in topuch with if things don't work, > >has a section on free java developers working on providing a free > >java infrastructure and how to contribute to it, and provides the > >necessary bits of information on how to deal with the legacy, > >proprietary VMs. Certainly not the other way round ;) > > This is not the primary goal of the policy IMO. The policy is for > describing *how* a package should look like, a kind of ruleset, which > packages have to comply to. Nothing more, nothing less.
FWIW (DFSG, point 4): "We will be guided by the needs of our users and the free-software community. We will place their interests first in our priorities." I would therefore very much expect Java policy to be designed with free JVMs as the focus, not as an afterthought. b. :)
