Hi,
>> If the library builds with a free VM and only runs partially under a
>> free
>> VM, the question should be "is there a program ready to go to main,
>> depending on this library, and running under a free VM with this
>> library?"; if the answer would be yes, then the library MUST go to main,
Hi all,
Eric Lavarde - Debian wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
- java libraries can go to main if they can be built with free VM;
> If the library builds with a free VM and only runs partially under a free
> VM, the question should be "is there a program ready to go to main,
> depending on this library, an
[Florian Weimer]
> debian/rules actually compiles the source code, and does not simply
> copy JAR files around (or something like that).
Right. I read your statement that the code should be compiled with
the free java compiler and libraries, and not with SUNs compiler and
libraries, and wondered
Hi,
>> > - java libraries can go to main if they can be built with free VM;
>
> Does this also mean that it is no longer required that a library be
> runnable from a free VM? My libbcprov-java builds just fine, but the
> test cases fail under all free VMs.
I would also second the fact that, if the
> >We have some proposals about the Debian-Java policy changes that
> > includes:
>
> > - java libraries can go to main if they can be built with free VM;
Does this also mean that it is no longer required that a library be
runnable from a free VM? My libbcprov-java builds just fine, but the
t
* Petter Reinholdtsen:
> [Florian Weimer]
>> "can be built" or "are built"? AFAICS, only the latter complies
>> with the letter of the policy and the spirit of the DFSG.
>
> How are you to see the difference?
debian/rules actually compiles the source code, and does not simply
copy JAR files arou
[Florian Weimer]
> "can be built" or "are built"? AFAICS, only the latter complies
> with the letter of the policy and the spirit of the DFSG.
How are you to see the difference? I assume the build-dependencies
will point to the free tools needed to built it.
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Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Arnaud Vandyck:
>
>
>> We have some proposals about the Debian-Java policy changes that
>>includes:
>
>
>>- java libraries can go to main if they can be built with free VM;
>
>
> "can be built" or "are built"? AFAICS, only the latter complies with
> the letter of
* Arnaud Vandyck:
>We have some proposals about the Debian-Java policy changes that
> includes:
> - java libraries can go to main if they can be built with free VM;
"can be built" or "are built"? AFAICS, only the latter complies with
the letter of the policy and the spirit of the DFSG.
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Hi all,
This is a report from the debian-java meeting we (Michael Koch, Wolfgang
Baer and I) had at the FOSDEM[2], Bruxelles, Belgium. The discussion is
the continuation of the meeting we had at Oldenburg in septemb
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