Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-10 Thread Kevin A. Burton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Max Kellermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have a question to you all. Should we allow the same interface in > > different > > packages? It seems to create strange conflicts but sometime it is necessary, > > or? What do you all think? > > Tha

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-10 Thread Kevin A. Burton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Max Kellermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sometimes I think Sun forgets about all the people who write Java application, > while they are hyping applets, servlets, J2EE etc. Does anyone still remember > Jini? What has happened to that "revolution"

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-10 Thread Kevin A. Burton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Max Kellermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have a question to you all. Should we allow the same interface in different > > packages? It seems to create strange conflicts but sometime it is necessary, > > or? What do you all think? > > That's

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-10 Thread Kevin A. Burton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Max Kellermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sometimes I think Sun forgets about all the people who write Java application, > while they are hyping applets, servlets, J2EE etc. Does anyone still remember > Jini? What has happened to that "revolution

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-10 Thread Max Kellermann
On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No Class-Path at all whenever possible.. remember the example that Xalan2 > > provides a Xalan1-compatibility layer - it Xalan2 must be included, we can > > satisfy all Xalan1-dependencies with that library (with lower precedence). > > Not poss

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-10 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 01:08:42PM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have now read this. Not very much of a documentation so I have some > > questions... :) > > > > The Class-Path:-thing. Is it per Name: (class) or per jar-file? > > > What exact

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-10 Thread Max Kellermann
On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have now read this. Not very much of a documentation so I have some > questions... :) > > The Class-Path:-thing. Is it per Name: (class) or per jar-file? What exactly do you mean with "Name: (class)" ? > > This whole thing seems to me very br

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-10 Thread Max Kellermann
On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No Class-Path at all whenever possible.. remember the example that Xalan2 provides >a Xalan1-compatibility layer - it Xalan2 must be included, we can satisfy all >Xalan1-dependencies with that library (with lower precedence). Not possible with

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-10 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 01:08:42PM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have now read this. Not very much of a documentation so I have some > > questions... :) > > > > The Class-Path:-thing. Is it per Name: (class) or per jar-file? > > > What exac

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-10 Thread Max Kellermann
On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have now read this. Not very much of a documentation so I have some > questions... :) > > The Class-Path:-thing. Is it per Name: (class) or per jar-file? What exactly do you mean with "Name: (class)" ? > > This whole thing seems to me very b

Re: Vive la Revolution! (Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java)

2001-11-10 Thread Jeff Turner
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 05:22:50PM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > On 0, Jeff Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about using the jar manifest to store the jar metadata, as Sun > > intended? Make the jars their own database. A platform-independent > > database :) > > > Jeff, your idea sound

Re: Vive la Revolution! (Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java)

2001-11-09 Thread Jeff Turner
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 05:22:50PM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > On 0, Jeff Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about using the jar manifest to store the jar metadata, as Sun > > intended? Make the jars their own database. A platform-independent > > database :) > > > Jeff, your idea soun

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-09 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 06:19:52PM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just noticed I mixed library references in Manifest files and Java > > > extensions, but they are similar, and as far as I know them, they're not > > > good. If anyone feels the

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-09 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 06:19:52PM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just noticed I mixed library references in Manifest files and Java > > > extensions, but they are similar, and as far as I know them, they're not > > > good. If anyone feels th

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-09 Thread Max Kellermann
On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just noticed I mixed library references in Manifest files and Java > > extensions, but they are similar, and as far as I know them, they're not > > good. If anyone feels they're sufficient for our problems, please explain > > :-) > > I'm not v

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-09 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 12:54:00PM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 11:46:53AM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > > I think so yes. I have not tested it though. Maybe it solves that > > issue, and maybe not. Anyway this is a java

Re: Vive la Revolution! (Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java)

2001-11-09 Thread Max Kellermann
On 0, Jeff Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about using the jar manifest to store the jar metadata, as Sun > intended? Make the jars their own database. A platform-independent > database :) Jeff, your idea sounds nice, and I would really like to see Debian define the new Java manifest fi

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-09 Thread Max Kellermann
On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just noticed I mixed library references in Manifest files and Java > > extensions, but they are similar, and as far as I know them, they're not > > good. If anyone feels they're sufficient for our problems, please explain :-) > > I'm not very

Vive la Revolution! (Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java)

2001-11-09 Thread Jeff Turner
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 10:51:01AM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: [..] > > At first, we need a library database (applications will be put there, > too). Maybe just a path containing a description file for every > library, whatever you may call database. Every Java library and every > Java applicatio

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-09 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 12:54:00PM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 11:46:53AM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > > I think so yes. I have not tested it though. Maybe it solves that > > issue, and maybe not. Anyway this is a jav

Re: Vive la Revolution! (Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java)

2001-11-09 Thread Max Kellermann
On 0, Jeff Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about using the jar manifest to store the jar metadata, as Sun > intended? Make the jars their own database. A platform-independent > database :) Jeff, your idea sounds nice, and I would really like to see Debian define the new Java manifest f

Vive la Revolution! (Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java)

2001-11-09 Thread Jeff Turner
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 10:51:01AM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: [..] > > At first, we need a library database (applications will be put there, > too). Maybe just a path containing a description file for every > library, whatever you may call database. Every Java library and every > Java applicati

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-09 Thread Max Kellermann
On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 11:46:53AM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > I think so yes. I have not tested it though. Maybe it solves that > issue, and maybe not. Anyway this is a java2 thing so we have to make > a wrapper (or similar mechanism) for java1.

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-09 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 11:46:53AM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: I'm sorry. I think I forgot to mail to the list. Thanks for getting the thread back on the list. :) > On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a bit curious. In what way is the java extension mechanism useless? > > Th

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-09 Thread Max Kellermann
On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a bit curious. In what way is the java extension mechanism useless? The extension mechanism is only there to solve one problem: setting classpath. It does not care about all the other stuff I mentioned. What should I write in my Applet's Mani

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-09 Thread Max Kellermann
On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 11:46:53AM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > I think so yes. I have not tested it though. Maybe it solves that > issue, and maybe not. Anyway this is a java2 thing so we have to make > a wrapper (or similar mechanism) for java1

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-09 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 11:46:53AM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: I'm sorry. I think I forgot to mail to the list. Thanks for getting the thread back on the list. :) > On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a bit curious. In what way is the java extension mechanism useless? > > T

Re: Classpath and versioned libraries for Debian-Java

2001-11-09 Thread Max Kellermann
On 0, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a bit curious. In what way is the java extension mechanism useless? The extension mechanism is only there to solve one problem: setting classpath. It does not care about all the other stuff I mentioned. What should I write in my Applet's Man