Re: Bug#44460: Fails to comply with the proposed Java Policy

1999-09-08 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Tuesday 7 September 1999, at 8 h 23, the keyboard of "Cris J. Holdorph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks. Before you, nobody on debian-java was aware of the difference. > > I disagree. I was/am well aware of the difference between Java code and > Java bytecode. My English must be real

Re: Bug#44460: Fails to comply with the proposed Java Policy

1999-09-07 Thread Cris J. Holdorph
Stephane Bortzmeyer Writes: > > In addition, you don't seem to be aware that the Java programming > > language and the ".class" bytecode format are two entirely different > > things, > > Thanks. Before you, nobody on debian-java was aware of the difference. I disagree. I was/am well aware of th

Re: Bug#44460: Fails to comply with the proposed Java Policy

1999-09-07 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Monday 6 September 1999, at 16 h 7, the keyboard of [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As far as I can see, the java-common package is entirely pointless as > regards java bytecode compilers and JVMs depending on it. It seems to > contain absolutely nothing they could need. java-common contains the

Re: Bug#44460: Fails to comply with the proposed Java Policy

1999-09-06 Thread cpbs
>Your package does not comply with the proposed Debian Java policy, >which I intend to formally propose as a goal for potato. Therefore, could >you: > >- make it compliant or, >- explain why (it can be an error in the Policy, which I would like to > fix). > >More specifically, bock fails because: