On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Ariel Constenla-Haile <arie...@apache.org>wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 09:04:37AM -0800, Kay Schenk wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org > >wrote: > > > > > I've been busy with building lately, especially with building on > Fedora 18 > > > with the --with-system-libs switch, which should be used for packaging > in > > > Fedora. This is preparation work for the Fedora 19 packaging. > > > > > > > Well good for you! I've had some thoughts about this proposed packaging. > > This is unrelated to your question here, but something I've been thinking > > about. > > > > Should we be using OpenJDK in building and packaging for Fedora instead > of > > Oracle Java to ensure compatibility? Hopefully no anomolies will crop up > > but you never know. > > Building and packaging for Fedora 19 has to be done in Fedora 19 (that > is, rawhide), where obviously you use the javac that is there in the > system by default, together with all the system jars and libraries (a > sort of Odyssey, given that no one has been trying that). > > > Regards > OK, thanks Ariel...of course this makes sense. It also seems one could include/use other resources as long as they followed Fedora licensing guidelines. But anyway, we need to use OpenJDK for this. -- > Ariel Constenla-Haile > La Plata, Argentina > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Achieving happiness requires the right combination of Zen and Zin."