On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 05:39:21PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > MJ Ray wrote: > > Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> [...] > [snip] > > 4. there's already working java in main; and > > Partly/somewhat/mostly working.
That's correct: Unfortunately, we've not completely finished liberating all free software written in Java from the proprietary runtime dependency [1] yet. The work is progressing steadily, as can be seen from the API coverage list at http://www.kaffe.org/~stuart/japi/htmlout/h-jdk14-classpath.html for 1.4 and http://www.object-refinery.com/classpath/statcvs/ LOC charts. We need more Java developers to help us create the best Java runtimes and class library implementation as free software. The Debian Java packagers and the respective upstreams would likely appreciate contributions to improve the state of support for free software written in the Java programming language on free runtimes, such that it can be moved into the main archive. See http://www.classpath.org for helping out with the class library, and see, for example, FSF's gcj at http://gcc.gnu.org/java for the leading (35%, says popcon) free runtime. Debian also packages JamVM and Cacao, among other traditional free runtimes, as well as IKVM. Please report bugs in the class library to GNU Classpath's bug tracker, so that they can be fixed. If you have a chance, please consider contributing a patch to help make the Java application you care about work (better). See http://jroller.com/page/dgilbert?entry=sven_de_genius , http://kennke.org/blog/?p=5 and http://kennke.org/blog/?p=7 for a few applications that are currently being liberated from dependencies on proprietary Java implementations. cheers, dalibor topic [1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html > > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > Is "common sense" really valid? > For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that > whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins > are mud people. > However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFEhgQZS9HxQb37XmcRAvFaAKDC2niBaDpsJbiwvX0QA9utJhcQSACfe28j > cMK8+C6xO+LJMurbMbuiUDE= > =xO9I > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
