Re: irc mechanism ..

he user wishes to connect. An application has no such > issue. It could also be stored locally, or could be signed. Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hmm. A little worrisome: http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy http://www.anonymizer.com/snoop.cgi )

Re: A packaging scheme...

> From: "Ean R . Schuessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .. > The thing is, even Sun doesn't follow their > own policy when it comes to most of the libraries. There is almost nothing > that is packaged under com.sun.* and the things that are you are advised > not to use. > .. > Again, Sun created a sen

Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

> From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .. > On Tuesday 14 September 1999, at 23 h 11, the keyboard of Julio > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can a virtual package have a version (to be set by a 'real' package that > > implements it)? If so, it'd be useful to have java-virtual-machi

Suggestion: Post-installation README file (Was: The problem of core classes for Java compilers)

tscape wrapper that wasted a lot of my time because its changed behavior wasn't documented).) Generally, the README file would be a guide to getting on with using the just-loaded package that could be found easily in a known location (/usr/doc/share//README or somewhere). Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kaffe orphaned?

> From: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ... > The old bugs in the bts are from before > he became maintainer, so he hasn't gotten email on them. How is that an excuse? (Isn't a maintainer responsible for bugs regardless of age? Or are you saying that some old bugs are old enough not to apply