On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 07:33:56PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Also, installing java stuff from third party sources is a pain. See for > > > example the problem with mozilla-cvs and mozilla-snapshot, which you > > > have to hand fix in the postinst. Also, there is no 1.4 .deb for powerpc > > > for example. > > > > I'm not sure how this is germane to the discussion. We've already > > established that there are no packages of recent Java implementations > > that we *can* distribute in non-free, so it doesn't affect the question > > of keeping non-free. > > Well, it establish that third party debian packages are in general of > lower quality than debian debian packages, even those which are in > non-free.
No, it sought to establish that certain repositories were of lower quality. It hasn't even done that; as I have had to use Java from third-party repositories at work for some time and have not noticed it being any lower quality that non-free packages in Debian. The lack of 1.4 for PowerPC is not really germane; Debian doesn't have it for PowerPC either and Debian doesn't keep non-i386 archs in sync either. -- John
