Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:01:56AM -0500, Jesse Stockall wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:33:28AM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > > If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > > > > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. > > > > > > If AWT / GUI stuf

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 04:51:11PM +, Geoff Beaumont wrote: > Jesse Stockall wrote: > >Only packages that provide a complete JDK 1.1 class library and > >functioning VM should provide java1-runtime. Same for java2-runtime. > > > >For the same reason that Microsoft does not call their VM a

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 11:34:20AM -0800, T. Alexander Popiel wrote: > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), > >> I think it would make sense to define virtual packag

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Adam Heath
> > /var/lib/jboss/ > what's this for? I guess I'll find out when I poke through your > packages (later this week). /var/lib/jboss/deploy/, which is where deployments occur. It was g+ws jboss, and update-jboss(a helper script) had --deploy and --undeploy cmds for users to run as non-root.

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Adam Heath
> I think we should work to package each individually (eg. javamail) if > possible and they fall into the above case. The jboss-contrib package > would shrink over time. The problem with this approach is that future > versions of jboss-contrib won't be backward compatible with earlier > versions

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Adam Heath
> > /var/lib/jboss/ > what's this for? I guess I'll find out when I poke through your > packages (later this week). /var/lib/jboss/deploy/, which is where deployments occur. It was g+ws jboss, and update-jboss(a helper script) had --deploy and --undeploy cmds for users to run as non-root.

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Adam Heath
> I think we should work to package each individually (eg. javamail) if > possible and they fall into the above case. The jboss-contrib package > would shrink over time. The problem with this approach is that future > versions of jboss-contrib won't be backward compatible with earlier > versions

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Greg Wilkins
Adam Heath wrote: jboss debs on jboss-web-container, a virtual package jboss-jetty(does not exist) and jboss-catalina provide jboss-web-container. That's how my 2.4 packages worked. I even made a test jboss-jetty, and even had *both* deployed at once(I used alternatives to select the default web

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Greg Wilkins
Joe Phillips wrote: I know I know, that was *only* in the name of expediency in getting *a* package. Future packages *will* be built from source, at least my 3.2+ packages will - I'm still debating on a 3.0.5 package. 3.0.5 is well broken - go for either 3.0 head or wait a week for 3.0.6 3.2 is s

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Joe Phillips
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 14:44, Adam Heath wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Greg Wilkins wrote: > > > + The setting of JAVA_HOME should be done by an auto search and/or > > a debconf dialog. > > Use /etc/defaults/jboss, and if not set, have it look at standard locations > that java debs(from blac

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Greg Wilkins
Adam Heath wrote: jboss debs on jboss-web-container, a virtual package jboss-jetty(does not exist) and jboss-catalina provide jboss-web-container. That's how my 2.4 packages worked. I even made a test jboss-jetty, and even had *both* deployed at once(I used alternatives to select the default w

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Greg Wilkins
Joe Phillips wrote: I know I know, that was *only* in the name of expediency in getting *a* package. Future packages *will* be built from source, at least my 3.2+ packages will - I'm still debating on a 3.0.5 package. 3.0.5 is well broken - go for either 3.0 head or wait a week for 3.0.6 3.

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Joe Phillips
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 14:48, Adam Heath wrote: > On 20 Jan 2003, Joe Phillips wrote: > > Are you saying that the non-tomcat binary releases are > > configured for jetty? If so, I was not aware of that. I > > figured they were jboss without any web containers. I'll need to look > > into this.

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Adam Heath
On 20 Jan 2003, Joe Phillips wrote: > I don't know what you mean by the default deployment. jboss-tomcat is > it's own, optional package. Note that jboss-server-all and > jboss-server-default depend on jboss-tomcat. The deployment that my > packages install is straight out of the binary release

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread T. Alexander Popiel
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), >> I think it would make sense to define virtual packages java1-awt-runtime >> (and possibly java2-swing-runtime). > >This is not a ba

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Adam Heath
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Greg Wilkins wrote: > + The setting of JAVA_HOME should be done by an auto search and/or > a debconf dialog. Use /etc/defaults/jboss, and if not set, have it look at standard locations that java debs(from blackdown, maybe /usr/local) contain. > + The default webconta

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Joe Phillips
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 14:44, Adam Heath wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Greg Wilkins wrote: > > > + The setting of JAVA_HOME should be done by an auto search and/or > > a debconf dialog. > > Use /etc/defaults/jboss, and if not set, have it look at standard locations > that java debs(from blac

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Joe Phillips
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 14:48, Adam Heath wrote: > On 20 Jan 2003, Joe Phillips wrote: > > Are you saying that the non-tomcat binary releases are > > configured for jetty? If so, I was not aware of that. I > > figured they were jboss without any web containers. I'll need to look > > into this.

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Adam Heath
On 20 Jan 2003, Joe Phillips wrote: > I don't know what you mean by the default deployment. jboss-tomcat is > it's own, optional package. Note that jboss-server-all and > jboss-server-default depend on jboss-tomcat. The deployment that my > packages install is straight out of the binary release

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread T. Alexander Popiel
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), >> I think it would make sense to define virtual packages java1-awt-runtime >> (and possibly java2-swing-runtime). > >This is not a ba

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Adam Heath
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Greg Wilkins wrote: > + The setting of JAVA_HOME should be done by an auto search and/or > a debconf dialog. Use /etc/defaults/jboss, and if not set, have it look at standard locations that java debs(from blackdown, maybe /usr/local) contain. > + The default webconta

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Greg Wilkins
Joe Phillips wrote:> On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 05:00, Greg Wilkins wrote: Your jboss debs for 3.0.2-2 deployed without problems on my debian sid system. Good work! + Does it really need to depend on your jdk1.4 package? Jboss can run on 1.3 and most debian users will have already installed j

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Geoff Beaumont
Jesse Stockall wrote: Only packages that provide a complete JDK 1.1 class library and functioning VM should provide java1-runtime. Same for java2-runtime. For the same reason that Microsoft does not call their VM a Java VM, Debian should not pretend that JDK 1.1 didn't include AWT. If there is a

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Joe Phillips
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 05:00, Greg Wilkins wrote: > > Your jboss debs for 3.0.2-2 deployed without problems on my > debian sid system. Good work! Great! thanks. > + Does it really need to depend on your jdk1.4 package? > Jboss can run on 1.3 and most debian users will have already > i

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Jesse Stockall
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:33:28AM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > > > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. > > > > If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), > > I think it would ma

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Greg Wilkins
Joe Phillips wrote:> On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 05:00, Greg Wilkins wrote: Your jboss debs for 3.0.2-2 deployed without problems on my debian sid system. Good work! + Does it really need to depend on your jdk1.4 package? Jboss can run on 1.3 and most debian users will have already instal

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctlyprovides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Geoff Beaumont
Jesse Stockall wrote: Only packages that provide a complete JDK 1.1 class library and functioning VM should provide java1-runtime. Same for java2-runtime. For the same reason that Microsoft does not call their VM a Java VM, Debian should not pretend that JDK 1.1 didn't include AWT. If there is

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Joe Phillips
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 05:00, Greg Wilkins wrote: > > Your jboss debs for 3.0.2-2 deployed without problems on my > debian sid system. Good work! Great! thanks. > + Does it really need to depend on your jdk1.4 package? > Jboss can run on 1.3 and most debian users will have already > i

Re: Policy change proposal - JVMs Provides: requirements

2003-01-20 Thread Chris Halls
Hi Dalibor, On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 02:25:44AM -0800, Dalibor Topic wrote: > The stubs in classpath count for me as 2). They let > you compile programs against the stubs, after all, and > thus are definitely more useable than 1). I think > this was one of the reasons the OpenOffice guys went > ah

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Jesse Stockall
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:33:28AM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > > > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. > > > > If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), > > I think it would ma

Re: Policy change proposal - JVMs Provides: requirements

2003-01-20 Thread Chris Halls
Hi Dalibor, On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 02:25:44AM -0800, Dalibor Topic wrote: > The stubs in classpath count for me as 2). They let > you compile programs against the stubs, after all, and > thus are definitely more useable than 1). I think > this was one of the reasons the OpenOffice guys went > ah

Re: Policy change proposal - JVMs Provides: requirements

2003-01-20 Thread Dalibor Topic
Hi Grzegorz, --- "Grzegorz B. Prokopski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ;) Check the japitools JDK API compatibility pages > at > > http://rainbow.netreach.net/~sballard/japi/ > Thanks for the link. However in this case the APIs > are compared, > not if they really work. There's a lot of stubs in

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Greg Wilkins
Your jboss debs for 3.0.2-2 deployed without problems on my debian sid system. Good work! But a couple of comments: + Does it really need to depend on your jdk1.4 package? Jboss can run on 1.3 and most debian users will have already installed jdk - having an extra 40MB download is a bit of

Re: Policy change proposal - JVMs Provides: requirements

2003-01-20 Thread Dalibor Topic
Hi Grzegorz, --- "Grzegorz B. Prokopski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ;) Check the japitools JDK API compatibility pages > at > > http://rainbow.netreach.net/~sballard/japi/ > Thanks for the link. However in this case the APIs > are compared, > not if they really work. There's a lot of stubs in

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 07:06:37PM +1100, Ben Burton wrote: > > > If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. > > If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), > I think it would make sen

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ben Burton
> If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), I think it would make sense to define virtual packages java1-awt-runtime (and possibly java2-swing-ru

Re: request feedback on JBOSS debs

2003-01-20 Thread Greg Wilkins
Your jboss debs for 3.0.2-2 deployed without problems on my debian sid system. Good work! But a couple of comments: + Does it really need to depend on your jdk1.4 package? Jboss can run on 1.3 and most debian users will have already installed jdk - having an extra 40MB download is a bit

Re: Policy change proposal - JVMs Provides: requirements

2003-01-20 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Grzegorz" == Grzegorz B Prokopski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Grzegorz> As for my proposals, I think I'd do it this way: Grzegorz> 1. Define exactly what requirements must be met for JVM Grzegorz> to be able to _legally_ provide java-virtual-machine, Grzegorz> java*-runtime e

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 07:06:37PM +1100, Ben Burton wrote: > > > If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. > > If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), > I think it would make sen

Re: Policy change proposal, Re: Bug#176628: sablevm: package incorrctly provides java1-runtime

2003-01-20 Thread Ben Burton
> If you have better definitions on how to define java1-runtime and/or > java2-runtime, I'm grateful for such propositions. If AWT / GUI stuff is a particular problem (which is my understanding), I think it would make sense to define virtual packages java1-awt-runtime (and possibly java2-swing-ru

Re: Policy change proposal - JVMs Provides: requirements

2003-01-20 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Grzegorz" == Grzegorz B Prokopski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Grzegorz> As for my proposals, I think I'd do it this way: Grzegorz> 1. Define exactly what requirements must be met for JVM Grzegorz> to be able to _legally_ provide java-virtual-machine, Grzegorz> java*-runtime e