Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : scala2.8 Version : 2.8.1 Upstream Author : Martin Odersky <martin.oder...@epfl.ch> * URL : http://www.scala-lang.org/ * License : BSD-like Programming Lang: Java/Scala Description : The Scala programming language (version 2.8)
Scala is a Java-compatible programming language with many modern language features. It is Java-compatible in that Scala and Java classes can directly reference each other and subclass each other with no glue code needed. It includes modern language features such as closures, pattern-matching, parametric types, and virtual type members. . This package includes the various tools used to develop code written in Scala. It includes a compiler (scalac), an interpreter and script runner (scala), the offline compiler (fsc), and source-scanning documentation generator (scaladoc). -- END DESCRIPTION -- This is version 2.8 of the Scala programming language. It is different from Scala 2.7.7 currently in the Debian archive (packaged simply as "scala"). The extent of the differences is roughly similar to the differences between Ruby 1.8 vs Ruby 1.9, or the different versions of python currently in the archive. Therefore, scala 2.8 should be packaged separately from Scala 2.7 so that both can coexist. Scala 2.8 is definitely binary-incompatible with Scala 2.7.7 (in fact, all of the Scala 2.7.x releases were mutually binary-incompatible), and breaks backward-compatiblity at the source level as well (though many programs will need few or no changes). Scala 2.8.x is intended to remain binary-compatible and source-compatible throughout the lifetime of the 2.8.x series. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101115002412.29081.41042.report...@localhost.localdomain
