On Sat, 2006-08-05 at 15:06 +0100, MrDemeanour wrote: > Hi, I'm new here. > > I've googled extensively for information on how best to run Java > servlets on Debian, and failed to turn up any documents that seem to be > recent, or relevant to the present situation. > > I'm running Sarge, and my system is using the "main" repository. My > preference is for Tomcat, but unless I'm much mistaken, Tomcat isn't > there at all. What's the reason for this, and why is there no decent > explanation in the Debian-Java FAQ? > > I know how to install Sun Java and Tomcat on a Debian system; but as I > say, I'm using only main, and I don't want to start bringing in non-free > or contrib material, for reasons related to maintenance and stability, > as well as to politics. So what is the best servlet container that is > consistent with the use of the main repository? Why is there no comment > on this in the Debian-Java FAQ?
Why should a package specific-question be answered in a FAQ related to something different? > I'm aware that Debian and Java have had a troubled relationship, and I > understand fairly well what is at the root of the problems. I'd like to > run fairly simple servlets and JSP pages, and I'm not committed to using > Tomcat, although I believe it's the fastest, stablest and most capable > free-beer servlet container. But I'm damned if I can find any decent > online comparison of the performance and correctness of the competing > systems. Jetty is definitely the easiest and fastest specification-compliant servlet container there is out there. > I suspect that at the root of this, there is a licensing conflict > between Apache and the Debian project. Can anyone point me at a document > explaining what the issues are, and whether any light is visible at the > far end of the tunnel? As Andrew said in another reply, it's beacuse it required sun-specific stuff. > If I can't build a FLOSS servlet server using Debian today, then I'll > have to stick with Tomcat on Windows, until a fully-FLOSS servlet server > is possible on Debian. But how come Fedora seem to be able to offer one, > and Debian can't? [excuse my cluelessness] Is Fedora significantly less > committed to Free-Libre than the Debian project? Is that the reason? You don't have to go all the way to Windows to be able to run tomcat, just download Sun's jdk, create a deb of it and use tomcat. -- Trygve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
