On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Ludovic Claude <[email protected]> wrote: > I never use gcj packages, I'm always unsure whether they will work > because dynamic class loading is used more and more in Java, and OpenJDK > is nowadays fast enough at startup to be convenient for command line > useage. So yes, I support the downgrade from Recommends gcj packages to > Suggests.
IIRC, I had a discussion about same topic with doko sometime back. doko had mentioned that -gcj packages offer performance improvements on architectures where JIT compiler is not present in JRE. Considering that OpenJDK (which has JIT) is available on most architecture these days I also support moving -gcj packages to 'Suggests'. Onkar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
