Re: JNI Installation Directories

2002-10-04 Thread Ben Burton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > If libraries should be found automatically, JAR files probably should > be found autmatically too. J2SE has "extension directories", all > classes from JAR files in these directories are available without > adding the JAR files to the CLASSPATH ex

Re: JNI Installation Directories

2002-10-04 Thread Juergen Kreileder
Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I realise (2) is a tall order for JVM maintainers, but I believe it > will make things somewhat more sane in the long run for apps or > libraries that use JNI classes. Consider writing a Java program > that uses library X which uses library Y which has JNI

Re: JNI Installation Directories

2002-10-04 Thread Juergen Kreileder
Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I realise (2) is a tall order for JVM maintainers, but I believe it > will make things somewhat more sane in the long run for apps or > libraries that use JNI classes. Consider writing a Java program > that uses library X which uses library Y which has JN

JNI Installation Directories

2002-10-04 Thread Ben Burton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. I'd like to make two proposals regarding JNI that I'd like to see in java policy. 1) Common JNI library directory: I'd like to see all JNI modules, i.e., the C libraries that implement the native Java methods, placed in /usr/lib/jni/. I beli

JNI Installation Directories

2002-10-04 Thread Ben Burton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. I'd like to make two proposals regarding JNI that I'd like to see in java policy. 1) Common JNI library directory: I'd like to see all JNI modules, i.e., the C libraries that implement the native Java methods, placed in /usr/lib/jni/. I bel

Re: Suggestion for javadoc building

2002-10-04 Thread Mark Howard
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 09:59:26PM +0200, Torsten Knodt wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hello, > > most libraries have api docs created with javadocs. When calling javadoc, > > links can be given to link to the used api's. I think there should be a > > cent

Re: java-compiler useless?

2002-10-04 Thread Mark Howard
On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 11:48, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Policy feedback is apriciated. How do you think the text should be > instead? 2.2. Java compilers Java compilers must depend on java-common and the needed runtime environment (java1-runtime and/or java2-runtime). Where possible, java compilers

Re: java-compiler useless?

2002-10-04 Thread Ben Burton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Therefore, packages must depends on gcj|jikes|... and > have lots of code to determine which is being used. My java packages tend to build-depend on just one of these compilers, since unfortunately the compilers are not all as compatible as you'd

Re: Suggestion for javadoc building

2002-10-04 Thread Mark Howard
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 09:59:26PM +0200, Torsten Knodt wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hello, > > most libraries have api docs created with javadocs. When calling javadoc, > > links can be given to link to the used api's. I think there should be a > > cen

Re: java-compiler useless?

2002-10-04 Thread Mark Howard
On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 11:48, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Policy feedback is apriciated. How do you think the text should be > instead? 2.2. Java compilers Java compilers must depend on java-common and the needed runtime environment (java1-runtime and/or java2-runtime). Where possible, java compilers

Re: java-compiler useless?

2002-10-04 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 08:56:17AM +0100, Mark Howard wrote: > Hi, Hi > What is the purpose of the java-compiler package? including javac is > only a 'should' in the policy, so it is pointless to build-depend on > java-compiler. Therefore, packages must depends on gcj|jikes|... and > have lots

Re: java-compiler useless?

2002-10-04 Thread Ben Burton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Therefore, packages must depends on gcj|jikes|... and > have lots of code to determine which is being used. My java packages tend to build-depend on just one of these compilers, since unfortunately the compilers are not all as compatible as you'd

Re: java-compiler useless?

2002-10-04 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 08:56:17AM +0100, Mark Howard wrote: > Hi, Hi > What is the purpose of the java-compiler package? including javac is > only a 'should' in the policy, so it is pointless to build-depend on > java-compiler. Therefore, packages must depends on gcj|jikes|... and > have lots

java-compiler useless?

2002-10-04 Thread Mark Howard
Hi, What is the purpose of the java-compiler package? including javac is only a 'should' in the policy, so it is pointless to build-depend on java-compiler. Therefore, packages must depends on gcj|jikes|... and have lots of code to determine which is being used. Would it not be better to say tha

java-compiler useless?

2002-10-04 Thread Mark Howard
Hi, What is the purpose of the java-compiler package? including javac is only a 'should' in the policy, so it is pointless to build-depend on java-compiler. Therefore, packages must depends on gcj|jikes|... and have lots of code to determine which is being used. Would it not be better to say th