-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Duncan wrote: > Joshua Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], > excerpted below, on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:39:06 -0500: > >> I have written documentation on switching to the new system, from the >> user's perspective, over at our wiki [6] >> >> [6] >> https://projects.gentooexperimental.org/expj/wiki/Using_migration-overlay > > Are there instructions somewhere for keeping to a 100% freedomware > solution? I've been wondering about installing Java, but don't consider > slaveryware a viable local option, thus the question. (FWIW, in the general > case I couldn't install whatever binary legally if I wanted to, since I > couldn't agree to the EULA, tho I've not examined the Sun/Blackdown EULAs > recently to see if this would apply there, as they still aren't > freedomware and are thus still not an option.) > > If it's not yet possible (or no documentation that will work for a non-Java > guy), is there a timetable? No rush or even pressure to do it if you > aren't, but thought I'd ask while the topic is hot. I did try the given > URL as well as the Gentoo Java Guide, but the former seemed to presuppose > someone already involved in testing (understandable at this stage), and > the latter didn't seem to mention any of the newer 100% freedomware > alternatives I keep reading about. Thus, there was no answer I could grok.
This is a bit off topic for the subject at hand... That being said... one of our users has been working on using GCJ to this end: https://projects.gentooexperimental.org/expj/wiki/GCJ_as_a_JDK As for why this hasn't been done already or more work isn't being done, I believe there are two reasons: 1) We don't have the same restriction as Fedora and Debian do with regard to licensing. If we did, then we'd have a more pressing need to use 'free' Java implementations to even distribute Java stuff. 2) No one has stepped up with the desire / motivation / skills to make it happen. Not only that, but the Java team in generally has been understaffed for some time now. Josh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFElZF98ATTzZyw6sMRAmPRAJ9h/dcuRWayki0wmICgsataMdibOQCeKXMU PyYu7srJmtjejwJZxQVtFUU= =ZQQc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
