Eric Lavarde <e...@lavar.de> writes: > Hi,
hi Emmanuel, hi Eric, > Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> wrote: >>Le 09/11/2013 18:59, Felix Natter a écrit : >> >>> Freeplane also has applet support (for viewing mindmaps), which is >>now >>> signed upstream (using certum.eu) >>> >>> => I would also be interested into signing a jar for use with Debian >>> (since I don't have the upstream private key when building the >>package) >>> >>> If that is not possible, Debian users would need to download the >>signed >>> jar separately for use with the applet export. >> >>An applet is only useful for delivering an application over a network >>to >>a remote user. If the application is used only locally an applet >>doesn't >>make sense, the application could simply be packaged as a desktop >>application. We have (at least) one major use case where the local Freeplane applet serves many (n*100) users in the Department of Health of Isle of Man: http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/freeplane/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=792 It would not be easy to switch this to web server(s) for them, or to install Freeplane (in read-only mode) for each of those users. BTW: Changes in JDK7u40 are breaking local applets, see here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u40-relnotes-2004172.html http://www.duckware.com/tech/java-security-clusterfuck.html (a Freeplane dev had to spend quite some effort to work around this) > We're in agreement but I don't get your point: at least for Free{plane, > Mind}, the applet is meant to be served through a web-server. Yes, the normal use case is serving the applet using a web server. Are you suggesting that we link to something like http://freeplane.org/freeplaneviewer-signed.jar for all applet instances? I'm not sure whether this is allowed for applets. Also, this might not work for applets in a LAN (such as in a governmental organization). Best Regards, -- Felix Natter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/878uwwy606....@bitburger.home.felix
