Bret Busby skrev:
On Sat, 1 Aug 2009, Brian Marshall wrote:
The source of information that led me to believe that Debian requires
java, is, on the web page at
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html
, where it states
"2.7. Java now in Debian
The OpenJDK Java Runtime Environment openjdk-6-jre and Development Kit
openjdk-6-jdk, needed for executing Java GUI and Webstart programs or
building such programs, are now in Debian. The packages are built using
the IcedTea build support and patches from the IcedTea project."
I believe the message should be interpreted as follows:
Debian now _has_ a java implementation in its main repository, as
opposed to previous versions when a java runtime environment was _only_
available in the non-free repository. This means that java programs
_may_ now also be included in the main repository, as they no longer
require non-free parts to be able to run.
That is, the message is much more like "debian can now properly include
java applications", which is very far from "debian requires java
application to be installed".
From the debian java FAQ on the status in 4.0
<http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch-debian-java-etch.html>,
I definitely get the feeling that the issue in that version was the
difficulty to include java-applications in main, which I feel supports
my interpretation.
Hope it helps
/ johan
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