Re: Does Debian support non free JVM's?

Hi. So our users seems to need JDK1.5 (or should I call it JDK5.0?) but it's clear it's not free software at all! Also, if we support non free JDK's, I doubt people will test free JVM's and file bug reports against them (and that's what we need more: this simple test case works with non free JVM,

Re: apt and java

Hi. Arnaud Vandyck wrote: Omry Yadan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have emailed sun today, quering if they approve an automatic installer which will get the bin from their site, and execute it - showing the user the license as it does that, and installing if the user approved. I described to them

Re: apt and java

Hi list! Omry Yadan wrote: So let me state again what I am after: To provide users with the ability to install most java programs seamlessly, today. [e.g. by using Sun's JDKs] Problem here is, that I'm not sure if the Sun JDKs would reach _most_ debian users. It was already stated, that Debian

Re: apt and java

Hi. Omry Yadan wrote: This is all very confusing to new users. It definetely is. I had the same problems a few month ago :-( Having to create a package is kind of awkward, since I just want to install someone else's packages. [...] I know the process of creating the package with java-package, or s