-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Charles Fry wrote: >>Note that I added a paragraph from a proposal from Stefan Gybas, >>modified by Ben Burton (see Bug#227587). Even if they did not really get >>a consensus, I think, with the change of the virtual packages to >>classpath-jre, classpath-jdk, java-jre and java-jdk, the proposal of >>Stefan is good to integrate in our policy. > > I strongly oppose the classpath/java distinction for classpath vs. > non-free JREs and JDKs. Instead I propose dropping classpath-* as well, > and only using java-jre and java-jdk.
So people that wants to use Java should install non-free software? That's not possible in Debian! > Maybe I just have never seen a place where the distinction would be > useful, but in my mind it widens the gap between free and non-free Java > implementations. An ideal Debian world should, it seems, define JRE and > JDK virtual packages in a way that works for free implementations, and > can then be used for non-free implementations. You are right but it's not the actual reality. When free vm's will be 100% compatible with non-free ones, maybe we'll be able to drop the classpath-* virtual packages, but keep in mind that Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems and in the license of Java, we couldn't replace a tool from the jdk with another with the same functionality! I'm not sure Sun Microsystems'd like the idea of our virtual java-* packages to be provided by free vm's! I'm really not sure this is legal! Maybe you have another proposal (I mean a legal one ;-)) Cheers, - -- .''`. : :' :rnaud `. `' `- Java Trap: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEYzPv4vzFZu62tMIRAkJiAJ0UqIbvQLhD96ulbQGJYD7M4VH7cgCgqpe3 71q5UXeiX+J7VfJ1VWKeSbc= =WfGe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
