Re: Undistributable java in main

2003-10-29 Thread Dalibor Topic
Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote: Hi all! Hi Grzegorz, Summary: Usage of GPLed libs to compile GPL-incompatible code makes the result *undistributable*. [0] Affected java packages: Every package that contains GPL-incompatible software which was *compiled* using GPLed libs. Examples: current Ant p

Re: Undistributable java in main

2003-10-29 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
"Grzegorz B. Prokopski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Summary: Usage of GPLed libs to compile GPL-incompatible code makes > the result *undistributable*. [0] Does it? AFAIK using gcc (GPL licensed) to compile _any_ software does not make that software GPL. So, why would kaffe be a special case?

Undistributable java in main

2003-10-29 Thread Grzegorz B. Prokopski
Hi all! Summary: Usage of GPLed libs to compile GPL-incompatible code makes the result *undistributable*. [0] Affected java packages: Every package that contains GPL-incompatible software which was *compiled* using GPLed libs. Examples: current Ant package apparently(!) has been compiled w/

Re: [ANN] New version of j2se-package (formerly mpkg-j2sdk)

2003-10-29 Thread Hubert Schmid
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Takashi Okamoto wrote: > J2SDK1.3 is used for server purpose by a lot of user. I'll sponsor > your pacakge after supporting Sun's j2sdk1.3. I've just uploaded a new version that supports j2re1.3, j2sdk1.3, j2re1.4 and j2sdk1.4 from Sun. > BTW, kernel-package use 'make-kpkg'

Re: [ANN] New version of j2se-package (formerly mpkg-j2sdk)

2003-10-29 Thread Hubert Schmid
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Jan Schulz wrote: > * Hubert Schmid wrote: > >j2se-package creates a (binary) Debian package from an upstream binary > >Java(TM) 2 SDK or RE distribution, in order to easily install the > >non-free Java VMs on Debian machines. > > nitpick: I find the mpkg-* idea better :) What

Re: eclipse packages for !i386 platforms for sarge release

2003-10-29 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo Per, * Per Bothner wrote: >However, eclipse will run on gcj: Yes, I'm aware of that. Unfortunatelly, they use a patched gij/gcj, which is not available in debian yet (AFAIK, they have a branch, which is not completly integrated into HEAD yet. At least that was the message some weeks ago). T

Re: eclipse packages for !i386 platforms for sarge release

2003-10-29 Thread David Goodenough
On Wednesday 29 October 2003 18:29, Per Bothner wrote: > Jan Schulz wrote: > > Theoretically (actually: practically) SWT is runable with kaffe, so > > swt could be build on other platforms. Eclipse on the other hand will > > not run on a current kaffe. > > However, eclipse will run on gcj: > http:/

Re: eclipse packages for !i386 platforms for sarge release

2003-10-29 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 06:26:48PM +0100, Jan Schulz wrote: > I'm actually not sure, what IBM offers there: They have a JDK for > "32-bit xSeries (Intel compatible)", "32-bit iSeries/pSeries", "64-bit > iSeries/pSeries", "31-bit zSeries (S/390)" and "64-bit zSeries (S/390)". > Maybe someone can en

Re: eclipse packages for !i386 platforms for sarge release

2003-10-29 Thread Per Bothner
Jan Schulz wrote: Theoretically (actually: practically) SWT is runable with kaffe, so swt could be build on other platforms. Eclipse on the other hand will not run on a current kaffe. However, eclipse will run on gcj: http://sources.redhat.com/eclipse/ http://people.redhat.com/~jhealy/eclipse/ htt

eclipse packages for !i386 platforms for sarge release

2003-10-29 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo! A quick look at my 'update-excuses' [1] showed, that eclipse is currently hold back because of several issues: * Some libs, which can't do anything about... * As there are no autobuilder in contrib, I need to provide the platform dependend packages for !i386 platforms. I have no idea, how