Re: Proposed addition to java-common

2001-07-27 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 06:58:12AM -0500, Ben Burton wrote: > > > Oh. (Sheepishly looking in the archives for your script and > > otherwise nosing around.) Well now, I'm not sure I see who is > > helped by your script (in its current form). > > Well, the idea is that *every* java interpreter or

Re: Proposed addition to java-common

2001-07-27 Thread Ben Burton
> Oh. (Sheepishly looking in the archives for your script and > otherwise nosing around.) Well now, I'm not sure I see who is > helped by your script (in its current form). Well, the idea is that *every* java interpreter or compiler packaged by Debian gets placed in these scripts. Thus the app

Re: Proposed addition to java-common

2001-07-27 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 06:58:12AM -0500, Ben Burton wrote: > > > Oh. (Sheepishly looking in the archives for your script and > > otherwise nosing around.) Well now, I'm not sure I see who is > > helped by your script (in its current form). > > Well, the idea is that *every* java interpreter o

Re: Proposed addition to java-common

2001-07-27 Thread Ben Burton
> Oh. (Sheepishly looking in the archives for your script and > otherwise nosing around.) Well now, I'm not sure I see who is > helped by your script (in its current form). Well, the idea is that *every* java interpreter or compiler packaged by Debian gets placed in these scripts. Thus the ap

Re: Proposed addition to java-common

2001-07-27 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:45:06AM -0500, Ben Burton wrote: > Andrew Pimlott wrote: > > > Your script punishes the Debian developer who creates a clean > > package for a new JVM, that registers an alternative for > > /usr/bin/java and runs without any special help. Users should be > > able to ins