Re: JVM Registry (was: CLASSPATH and Jikes)
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 04:14:06PM -0600, Ean Schuessler wrote: > I am attempting to resurrect both my Kaffe package and my involvement > therein. This JVM registry seems like a great idea. What would it take > to move it forward? Well some development of a working format for the repository and tools that can use it. Probably needs some discussion too. Regards, // Ola > On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 13:56, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > http://people.debian.org/~bab/javareg/ > > -- > _ > Ean Schuessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chief Technology Officer 214-720-0700 x 315 > Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- - Ola Lundqvist --- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: JVM Registry (was: CLASSPATH and Jikes)
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 09:47:50AM +1100, Ben Burton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > Hi > > Well that was fun, somebody unsubscribed me from debian-java; the first I > heard was the successful unsubscription notification. As a result I nearly > missed this. But anyway: > > > I am attempting to resurrect both my Kaffe package and my involvement > > therein. This JVM registry seems like a great idea. What would it take > > to move it forward? > > I've now dredged up the full proposal I initially made over a year ago and put > it up as http://people.debian.org/~bab/javareg/PROPOSAL.txt . Ahh forgot about my other message. There is already a proposal. :) > What I believe would need to happen is: > > 1) People agree on whether a JVM registry is in principle a good thing; I second that. :) > 2) People agree on precisely what fields should be provided in the registry > files, and whether these registry files should be conffiles or not; > 3) The proposal is put into java policy; When that the 1, 2 and at least started the 4 I'll do that. :) > 4a) The various debian JVMs and compilers add registry files to their > packages, while: > 4b) The registry query scripts are added to java-common and tweaked/modified > as necessary. > > At which point other java packages can successfully start using this registry. > > So. How do people currently feel about (1)? ;-) > > Btw, there was some discussion on all of this back in September/October 2001, > you might want to browse the archives if you're interested in people's > earlier reponses. Regards, // Ola > Ben. > > - -- > > Ben Burton > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > How can anyone have an understanding of the virgin if they don't > also have an understanding of the prostitute, the saint and sinner in one > body? Attempting to reconcile these opposing forces in my own nature is > my goal. > - Tori Amos > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE9vxAZMQNuxza4YcERAofPAJ99+MhEPdq2iummNgasAmiSnu1R8gCdEHQw > YY3nbejfXeEV2D9i+1L5bxY= > =Fvuu > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- - Ola Lundqvist --- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lib-rxtx-java package
Hi On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 03:31:14PM -0500, Joe Phillips wrote: > On Sat, 2002-11-02 at 07:43, Mario Joussen wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 12:07:53PM -0500, Joe Phillips wrote: > > > I chose to package 2.0 (as opposed to 2.1) as it is documented to work > > > with Java CommAPI. I have successfully used my package with some > > > CommAPI software already. > > > > But there's the problem. I think that the Java CommAPI is like the other > > Java stuff from Sun non free in the sense of Debian. And therefore it's > > better to have rxtx version 2.1 in the Debian distribution. > > I understand. > > I don't understand why we can't just re-implement java CommAPI > completely but that's a side issue right now. > > > I think you > > can use every software that works with javax.comm also with gnu.io if > > you have the source code. > > and *that's* the problem. I *don't* have the source for everything I > need to run. Further, I see Java CommAPI as a 'standard' interface that > we're not implementing. > > Can we have packages for both? maybe with the 2.0 package in > contrib/non-free and 2.1 is in main? Yes, but then with different name. The package should also be named librxtx-java and not lib-rxtx-java. :) Regards, // Ola > > I hope, that I have the time to package rxtx 2.1 this weekend. > > If not, I can help. > > -joe > -- > Innovation Software Group, LLC - http://www.innovationsw.com/ > Business Automation Specialists > UNIX, Linux and Java Training > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- - Ola Lundqvist --- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#163390: JNI Installation Directories (again)
Hi On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 07:03:28AM +1100, Ben Burton wrote: > > > Personally, I feel they're 'just libraries' and should be treated as > > such, going into /usr/lib. > > My argument for /usr/lib/jni is that other programs aren't going to want to > link with them, so it's better not to clutter up the default shared library > paths. And I assume that no changes have to be made in /etc/ld.so.conf (or similar)? > It's the same reason C python modules are placed beneath /usr/lib/pythonX.Y - > these are just libraries, but you only ever use them as python imports, so > you avoid cluttering up /usr/lib. > > > To me the key is that we agree on a single place to put JNI libraries. > > Yep, that and to also have the JVMs support this single place by including it > in the default java.library.path. Is this possible? Regards, // Ola > Ben. > > -- > > Ben Burton > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are > just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?" > - Jon Stewart > > > -- - Ola Lundqvist --- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
