-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:19:52 -0500, Barry Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > | Tue, 7 Dec 2004 08:51:40 -0500, > | Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > |>Has anyone thought to port/extend java-package to work with the IBM > |>PPC JDK? I've used it with great success on Sun's JDK distributions > |>on x86. I'm afraid I don't actually undestand it well enough to > |>modify it, though. > | > | Hi Gregory, you'd better spend your energy in free runtimes ;-) > | > Arnaud, > ~ Many of us are eager for the free runtimes to catch up (and > beginning to get involved), but if you need to do many of the tasks a > typical Java developer would need, i.e. to run Eclipse to work on a > J2EE project, a full-blown 1.4 JDK is a necessity. I had posted a > question similar to this about making a dummy package for PPC on the > debian-java list[0] on December 12th. Sorry, I can't help, I never did it myself. I admit I have IBM JDK in /usr/local but it's not really well integrated in my system. > ~ With the recent flurry of posts about the need to use the IBM JDK, > wouldn't it make sense to enhance java-package to provide an option > for PPC folks, even it is a "bridge technology" of sorts while free > java catches up? It's the magic of Debian: if you want it do it ;-) By the way, I'm very busy in my day job at the moment and I'll be more busy until mi-february where I hope it'll be cooler, then I'll help on setting up the developer rooms with Pascal Bleser at the FOSDEM (http://fosdem.org) (I also have a real life! ;-) I just found a new house, well, doesn't matter) I just want you to know, that I don't have all the time I'd like working for Debian. So I prefer to give all my energy in packaging new gjdoc, new kaffe and try to run my projects and my packages with free tools. If a bug report is filed and a good patch is attached, I can apply it, test it and upload the package, but I'll not give the little free time I have on this package. Cheers, - -- .''`. : :' :rnaud `. `' `- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBw1dC4vzFZu62tMIRAgcbAJ4yzWP/JoqcQC3b1ANk0h2DJRZuRQCfYO+b VhxRaoLGRskqiJxUAmkAM1s= =UKSm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
