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Free Java specifications (was Re: Java Policy.)

2002-05-12 Thread Jim Pick
I think the Debian Java policy, as currently stated, is slightly flawed, as it tries to satisfy two goals that aren't completely orthogonal: 1) To get as much free Java software into Debian as possible, that runs without non-free software (eg. without Sun's JDK) 2) To put together a distrib

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 06:22:30PM -0700, Jim Pick wrote: > Sounds like Debian could use the same solution for gcj that Debian uses > for emacs -> just distribute the .java files and do the ahead-of-time > compilation (.java to .so) at install time. Is this automatic enough > under gcj so that th

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Monday 13 May 2002 03:22, Jim Pick wrote: > Sounds like Debian could use the same solution for gcj that Debian uses > for emacs -> just distribute the .java files and do the ahead-of-time > compilation (.java to .so) at install time. Is this automatic enough > under gcj so that this could that

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Rick" == Rick Lutowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [long sequence of valid comments about JCK elided] Rick> In the meantime, efforts such as this packaging policy would Rick> do well to keep the definitions straight. To say things Rick> like "native code != Java" and then base

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Adam" == Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> HELL NO! Why don't you tell us how you really feel, Adam :) -- Stephen "If I claimed I was emporer just cause some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Rick Lutowski
Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > Well I do not really understand this. Java code is supposed to be > portable. If you compile it to machine binaries it is no longer a > java program and should not be packaged as a such. Non java > components should be extracted to a separate package IMHO. I'm staying out

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Free Java specifications (was Re: Java Policy.)

2002-05-12 Thread Jim Pick
I think the Debian Java policy, as currently stated, is slightly flawed, as it tries to satisfy two goals that aren't completely orthogonal: 1) To get as much free Java software into Debian as possible, that runs without non-free software (eg. without Sun's JDK) 2) To put together a distri

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Jim Pick
On Sun, 2002-05-12 at 17:16, Adam Heath wrote: > On 12 May 2002, Jim Pick wrote: > > > Also, as the upstream kaffe maintainer, I'd really like it if for each > > package that was stuck in contrib because kaffe can't run it (eg. > > unimplemented APIs, etc), there was a "wishlist" bug filed against

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Jim Pick
On Sun, 2002-05-12 at 18:29, Per Bothner wrote: > Jim Pick wrote: > > Sounds like Debian could use the same solution for gcj that Debian uses > > for emacs -> just distribute the .java files and do the ahead-of-time > > compilation (.java to .so) at install time. Is this automatic enough > > under

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On Sun, 12 May 2002, Per Bothner wrote: > Also, what happens if you install a Java package, and then install > gcj later? Shuld that so the compilation to .so when you install > gcj? Each emacs extension packages places hooks into a site-wide dir. Then, all the emacsen are processed over each f

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On 12 May 2002, Jim Pick wrote: > Sounds like Debian could use the same solution for gcj that Debian uses > for emacs -> just distribute the .java files and do the ahead-of-time > compilation (.java to .so) at install time. Is this automatic enough > under gcj so that this could that work? Let m

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Per Bothner
Jim Pick wrote: Sounds like Debian could use the same solution for gcj that Debian uses for emacs -> just distribute the .java files and do the ahead-of-time compilation (.java to .so) at install time. Is this automatic enough under gcj so that this could that work? I think it would be too slow.

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Jim Pick
> > There are many other free JVMs now: ORP, KissMe, etc... > > I am not very happy with trying to compile some Java code (e.g. Jmol > jmol.sf.net) with every free JVM to see wether it can be done with that... You should only have to compile the class files once (the classes should still work,

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Jim Pick
Sounds like Debian could use the same solution for gcj that Debian uses for emacs -> just distribute the .java files and do the ahead-of-time compilation (.java to .so) at install time. Is this automatic enough under gcj so that this could that work? Granted, the emacs solution is currently a bit

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Per Bothner
Adam Heath wrote: I've got a makefile based build system, that supports jdk-like jvms(kaffe, sun, blackdown, ibm), and gcj(which has a different cmdline format). Kawa (http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa) includes both an ant buildfile, and an autotools-based (automake+autoconf+libtool) system. The l

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 05:03:54PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > "Andrew" == Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andrew> No it's not. But you can use the gcj produced .so files > Andrew> with gcj. If I do all my Java development with gcj, > Andrew> Debian packages cont

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Rick" == Rick Lutowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [long sequence of valid comments about JCK elided] Rick> In the meantime, efforts such as this packaging policy would Rick> do well to keep the definitions straight. To say things Rick> like "native code != Java" and then bas

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Adam" == Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> HELL NO! Why don't you tell us how you really feel, Adam :) -- Stephen "If I claimed I was emporer just cause some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On Sun, 12 May 2002, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > Ok, then it is just a question of naming. Say my foo library can be > compiled to .class files and GCJ .so files. One option is to > package both in libfoo-java, which would be architecture specific. > But if you want to split them into an architectur

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On Sun, 12 May 2002, Egon Willighagen wrote: > And the same for gcj? Is there an easy way to port a Ant based compilation > to some Makefile like stuff for compiling with gcj? Is there a good tutorial > on it somewhere? I've got a makefile based build system, that supports jdk-like jvms(kaffe, su

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On 12 May 2002, Jim Pick wrote: > Also, as the upstream kaffe maintainer, I'd really like it if for each > package that was stuck in contrib because kaffe can't run it (eg. > unimplemented APIs, etc), there was a "wishlist" bug filed against kaffe > stating how it fails. I suppose that goes for t

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On 12 May 2002, Nic Ferrier wrote: > 2.5. Main, contrib or non-free > > > > If your binary package can run only with non-free virtual machines > (the only free Java virtual machine seems to be kaffe - and the one > included in libgcj), it cannot go to main. If your package itself is >

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Rick Lutowski
Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > Well I do not really understand this. Java code is supposed to be > portable. If you compile it to machine binaries it is no longer a > java program and should not be packaged as a such. Non java > components should be extracted to a separate package IMHO. I'm staying ou

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Andrew" == Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andrew> No it's not. But you can use the gcj produced .so files Andrew> with gcj. If I do all my Java development with gcj, Andrew> Debian packages containing Java libraries compiled to Andrew> .so's are very useful to m

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 04:28:56PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > "Andrew" == Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andrew> To clarify, I'm talking about Java code compiled (eg, by > Andrew> gcj) into architecture-specific machine code. These > Andrew> libraries are still

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Jim Pick
On Sun, 2002-05-12 at 17:16, Adam Heath wrote: > On 12 May 2002, Jim Pick wrote: > > > Also, as the upstream kaffe maintainer, I'd really like it if for each > > package that was stuck in contrib because kaffe can't run it (eg. > > unimplemented APIs, etc), there was a "wishlist" bug filed agains

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Jim Pick
On Sun, 2002-05-12 at 18:29, Per Bothner wrote: > Jim Pick wrote: > > Sounds like Debian could use the same solution for gcj that Debian uses > > for emacs -> just distribute the .java files and do the ahead-of-time > > compilation (.java to .so) at install time. Is this automatic enough > > unde

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Andrew" == Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andrew> To clarify, I'm talking about Java code compiled (eg, by Andrew> gcj) into architecture-specific machine code. These Andrew> libraries are still meant to be used by Java code (also Andrew> compiled with gcj), not

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On Sun, 12 May 2002, Per Bothner wrote: > Also, what happens if you install a Java package, and then install > gcj later? Shuld that so the compilation to .so when you install > gcj? Each emacs extension packages places hooks into a site-wide dir. Then, all the emacsen are processed over each

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On 12 May 2002, Jim Pick wrote: > Sounds like Debian could use the same solution for gcj that Debian uses > for emacs -> just distribute the .java files and do the ahead-of-time > compilation (.java to .so) at install time. Is this automatic enough > under gcj so that this could that work? Let

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Per Bothner
Jim Pick wrote: > Sounds like Debian could use the same solution for gcj that Debian uses > for emacs -> just distribute the .java files and do the ahead-of-time > compilation (.java to .so) at install time. Is this automatic enough > under gcj so that this could that work? I think it would be

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Jim Pick
> > There are many other free JVMs now: ORP, KissMe, etc... > > I am not very happy with trying to compile some Java code (e.g. Jmol > jmol.sf.net) with every free JVM to see wether it can be done with that... You should only have to compile the class files once (the classes should still work

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Jim Pick
Sounds like Debian could use the same solution for gcj that Debian uses for emacs -> just distribute the .java files and do the ahead-of-time compilation (.java to .so) at install time. Is this automatic enough under gcj so that this could that work? Granted, the emacs solution is currently a bi

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Per Bothner
Adam Heath wrote: > I've got a makefile based build system, that supports jdk-like jvms(kaffe, > sun, blackdown, ibm), and gcj(which has a different cmdline format). Kawa (http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa) includes both an ant buildfile, and an autotools-based (automake+autoconf+libtool) system.

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 05:03:54PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > "Andrew" == Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andrew> No it's not. But you can use the gcj produced .so files > Andrew> with gcj. If I do all my Java development with gcj, > Andrew> Debian packages con

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On Sun, 12 May 2002, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > Ok, then it is just a question of naming. Say my foo library can be > compiled to .class files and GCJ .so files. One option is to > package both in libfoo-java, which would be architecture specific. > But if you want to split them into an architectu

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On Sun, 12 May 2002, Egon Willighagen wrote: > And the same for gcj? Is there an easy way to port a Ant based compilation > to some Makefile like stuff for compiling with gcj? Is there a good tutorial > on it somewhere? I've got a makefile based build system, that supports jdk-like jvms(kaffe, s

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On 12 May 2002, Jim Pick wrote: > Also, as the upstream kaffe maintainer, I'd really like it if for each > package that was stuck in contrib because kaffe can't run it (eg. > unimplemented APIs, etc), there was a "wishlist" bug filed against kaffe > stating how it fails. I suppose that goes for

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On 12 May 2002, Nic Ferrier wrote: > 2.5. Main, contrib or non-free > > > > If your binary package can run only with non-free virtual machines > (the only free Java virtual machine seems to be kaffe - and the one > included in libgcj), it cannot go to main. If your package itself is >

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Egon" == Egon Willighagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Egon> And the same for gcj? Is there an easy way to port a Ant based Egon> compilation to some Makefile like stuff for compiling with gcj? Egon> Is there a good tutorial on it somewhere? In theory you should be able to use `gij' as a dr

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Andrew" == Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andrew> No it's not. But you can use the gcj produced .so files Andrew> with gcj. If I do all my Java development with gcj, Andrew> Debian packages containing Java libraries compiled to Andrew> .so's are very useful to

Re: Which VM/Compiler

2002-05-12 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Heiko" == Heiko Garrelts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Heiko> I'm both new to Debian and Java. I wanted to learn Java with a Heiko> free VM and compiler. But which one should I choose? It depends on your needs. Heiko> Which of these possibilities is the best one if you are a Java Heiko> beg

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
> > If the Java code depends on code written in a "native" language > > (eg, via JNI), the compiled .class files should be delivered in > > an "Architecture: all" package that depends on an > > architecture-specific package containing the compiled native > > code. > Looks like t

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 04:28:56PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > "Andrew" == Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andrew> To clarify, I'm talking about Java code compiled (eg, by > Andrew> gcj) into architecture-specific machine code. These > Andrew> libraries are still

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:31:43PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Sunday 12 May 2002 22:00, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > > Ok, then it is just a question of naming. Say my foo library can be > > compiled to .class files and GCJ .so files. One option is to > > package both in libfoo-java, which wo

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Christopher Browne
> On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:16:37PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > Java code is supposed to be > > portable. If you compile it to machine binaries it is no longer a > > java program and should not be packaged as a such. > > You've been listening to too much Sun marketing. :-) > > Please give a

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Andrew" == Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andrew> To clarify, I'm talking about Java code compiled (eg, by Andrew> gcj) into architecture-specific machine code. These Andrew> libraries are still meant to be used by Java code (also Andrew> compiled with gcj), not

RE: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Lev B. Olkhovich
Hello! > From: Andrew Pimlott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 11:10 PM > > Non java > > components should be extracted to a separate package IMHO. > Ok, but I think you should make that explicit in the policy. > Something like, > > If the Java code depends on code writt

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:31:43PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Sunday 12 May 2002 22:00, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:40:05PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > I disagree on that class files should be placed in a -dev package for the > > > same reason as I want every

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Sunday 12 May 2002 22:00, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:40:05PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > I disagree on that class files should be placed in a -dev package for the > > same reason as I want every jar file to be placed in /usr/share/java > > (maybe with an exception for

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:40:05PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > I disagree on that class files should be placed in a -dev package for the > same reason as I want every jar file to be placed in /usr/share/java > (maybe with an exception for jvm:s). You should always be allowed > to use the classes

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:05:55PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Sunday 12 May 2002 21:32, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:13:35PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > > > On Sunday 12 May 2002 21:11, Egon Willighagen wrote: > > > > Only if your binary package can run with fre

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Sunday 12 May 2002 21:32, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:13:35PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > > On Sunday 12 May 2002 21:11, Egon Willighagen wrote: > > > Only if your binary package can run with free virtual machines (like > > > kaffe, libgcj, ORP and KissMe), it may go i

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 03:10:25PM -0400, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:16:37PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > Java code is supposed to be > > portable. If you compile it to machine binaries it is no longer a > > java program and should not be packaged as a such. > > You've b

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Egon" == Egon Willighagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Egon> And the same for gcj? Is there an easy way to port a Ant based Egon> compilation to some Makefile like stuff for compiling with gcj? Egon> Is there a good tutorial on it somewhere? In theory you should be able to use `gij' as a d

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:13:35PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Sunday 12 May 2002 21:11, Egon Willighagen wrote: > > Only if your binary package can run with free virtual machines (like kaffe, > > libgcj, ORP and KissMe), it may go into main. Otherwise, it must go into > > non-free, or in c

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:16:37PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Java code is supposed to be > portable. If you compile it to machine binaries it is no longer a > java program and should not be packaged as a such. You've been listening to too much Sun marketing. :-) Please give a rational reason

Re: Which VM/Compiler

2002-05-12 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Heiko" == Heiko Garrelts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Heiko> I'm both new to Debian and Java. I wanted to learn Java with a Heiko> free VM and compiler. But which one should I choose? It depends on your needs. Heiko> Which of these possibilities is the best one if you are a Java Heiko> be

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 02:45:24PM -0400, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 05:41:29PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > http://people.debian.org/~opal/java/policy.html/policy.html > > The following, > > Both are shipped as Java bytecode (*.class files, packaged in a > *.jar

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Sunday 12 May 2002 21:11, Egon Willighagen wrote: > Only if your binary package can run with free virtual machines (like kaffe, > libgcj, ORP and KissMe), it may go into main. Otherwise, it must go into > non-free, or in contrib if your package itself is free. Better: Only if your binary packa

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Sunday 12 May 2002 17:11, Nic Ferrier wrote: > Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If your binary package can run only with non-free virtual machines > (the only free Java virtual machine seems to be kaffe - and the one > included in libgcj), it cannot go to main. If your package i

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
> > If the Java code depends on code written in a "native" language > > (eg, via JNI), the compiled .class files should be delivered in > > an "Architecture: all" package that depends on an > > architecture-specific package containing the compiled native > > code. > Looks like

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 05:41:29PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > http://people.debian.org/~opal/java/policy.html/policy.html The following, Both are shipped as Java bytecode (*.class files, packaged in a *.jar archive) and with an "Architecture: all" since Java bytecode is supposed t

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:31:43PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Sunday 12 May 2002 22:00, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > > Ok, then it is just a question of naming. Say my foo library can be > > compiled to .class files and GCJ .so files. One option is to > > package both in libfoo-java, which w

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Christopher Browne
> On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:16:37PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > Java code is supposed to be > > portable. If you compile it to machine binaries it is no longer a > > java program and should not be packaged as a such. > > You've been listening to too much Sun marketing. :-) > > Please give a

RE: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Lev B. Olkhovich
Hello! > From: Andrew Pimlott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 11:10 PM > > Non java > > components should be extracted to a separate package IMHO. > Ok, but I think you should make that explicit in the policy. > Something like, > > If the Java code depends on code wri

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:31:43PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Sunday 12 May 2002 22:00, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:40:05PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > I disagree on that class files should be placed in a -dev package for the > > > same reason as I want ever

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Sunday 12 May 2002 22:00, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:40:05PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > I disagree on that class files should be placed in a -dev package for the > > same reason as I want every jar file to be placed in /usr/share/java > > (maybe with an exception fo

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:40:05PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > I disagree on that class files should be placed in a -dev package for the > same reason as I want every jar file to be placed in /usr/share/java > (maybe with an exception for jvm:s). You should always be allowed > to use the classes

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:05:55PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Sunday 12 May 2002 21:32, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:13:35PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > > > On Sunday 12 May 2002 21:11, Egon Willighagen wrote: > > > > Only if your binary package can run with fr

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Sunday 12 May 2002 21:32, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:13:35PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > > On Sunday 12 May 2002 21:11, Egon Willighagen wrote: > > > Only if your binary package can run with free virtual machines (like > > > kaffe, libgcj, ORP and KissMe), it may go

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 03:10:25PM -0400, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:16:37PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > Java code is supposed to be > > portable. If you compile it to machine binaries it is no longer a > > java program and should not be packaged as a such. > > You've

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:13:35PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Sunday 12 May 2002 21:11, Egon Willighagen wrote: > > Only if your binary package can run with free virtual machines (like kaffe, > > libgcj, ORP and KissMe), it may go into main. Otherwise, it must go into > > non-free, or in

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:16:37PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Java code is supposed to be > portable. If you compile it to machine binaries it is no longer a > java program and should not be packaged as a such. You've been listening to too much Sun marketing. :-) Please give a rational reason

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 02:45:24PM -0400, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 05:41:29PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > http://people.debian.org/~opal/java/policy.html/policy.html > > The following, > > Both are shipped as Java bytecode (*.class files, packaged in a > *.jar

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Sunday 12 May 2002 21:11, Egon Willighagen wrote: > Only if your binary package can run with free virtual machines (like kaffe, > libgcj, ORP and KissMe), it may go into main. Otherwise, it must go into > non-free, or in contrib if your package itself is free. Better: Only if your binary pack

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Sunday 12 May 2002 17:11, Nic Ferrier wrote: > Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If your binary package can run only with non-free virtual machines > (the only free Java virtual machine seems to be kaffe - and the one > included in libgcj), it cannot go to main. If your package

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 05:41:29PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > http://people.debian.org/~opal/java/policy.html/policy.html The following, Both are shipped as Java bytecode (*.class files, packaged in a *.jar archive) and with an "Architecture: all" since Java bytecode is supposed

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 08:23:53AM -0700, Jim Pick wrote: *SNIP* > Also, as the upstream kaffe maintainer, I'd really like it if for each > package that was stuck in contrib because kaffe can't run it (eg. > unimplemented APIs, etc), there was a "wishlist" bug filed against kaffe > stating how it

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Jim Pick
On Sun, 2002-05-12 at 08:11, Nic Ferrier wrote: > Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi > > > > When we now have (almost) got woody out of the door I think it > > is time to give the Proposed Java Policy a more official state > > (i.e. not proposed anymore). > > > > It is avai

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Nic Ferrier
Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > > When we now have (almost) got woody out of the door I think it > is time to give the Proposed Java Policy a more official state > (i.e. not proposed anymore). > > It is available at: > > http://people.debian.org/~opal/java/policy.html/

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 08:23:53AM -0700, Jim Pick wrote: *SNIP* > Also, as the upstream kaffe maintainer, I'd really like it if for each > package that was stuck in contrib because kaffe can't run it (eg. > unimplemented APIs, etc), there was a "wishlist" bug filed against kaffe > stating how it

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Jim Pick
On Sun, 2002-05-12 at 08:11, Nic Ferrier wrote: > Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi > > > > When we now have (almost) got woody out of the door I think it > > is time to give the Proposed Java Policy a more official state > > (i.e. not proposed anymore). > > > > It is ava

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Nic Ferrier
Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > > When we now have (almost) got woody out of the door I think it > is time to give the Proposed Java Policy a more official state > (i.e. not proposed anymore). > > It is available at: > > http://people.debian.org/~opal/java/policy.html/