Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

1999-09-29 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Tuesday 28 September 1999, at 22 h 5, the keyboard of Daniel Barclay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A full Java implementation implements not just the language specification > but also the Java virtual machine specification and the supposed API > specification. Right. For instance, kaffe, which

Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

1999-09-29 Thread Daniel Barclay
> 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

Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

1999-09-21 Thread Ean R . Schuessler
On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 02:48:24AM -0300, Julio wrote: > I think it's better to see RMI as a library, not as part of the core VM. Ninja-RMI Provides: jvm-rmi Depends: jvm-1.1 (aka, java with reflection) Classpath-RMI Provides: jvm-rmi Depends: jvm-1.1 etc? E --

Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

1999-09-18 Thread Julio
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 04:47:54PM -0500, Ean R . Schuessler wrote: > Kaffe essentially provides the 1.1 version of the Java "platform". It does, > for instance, provide the reflection facilities but does not provide weak > references (i think). It still does not provide RMI so you could even argue

Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

1999-09-17 Thread Ean R . Schuessler
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 09:35:57AM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > And kaffe 1.0.b4? What version of the VM does it provide? And gcj compiles > which version of the language? One of the problems with versioning is that > compliance to a specific version of the VM spec (for the JVMs) or to a

Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

1999-09-17 Thread Cris J. Holdorph
> And kaffe 1.0.b4? What version of the VM does it provide? And gcj compiles > which version of the language? One of the problems with versioning is that > compliance to a specific version of the VM spec (for the JVMs) or to a > specific version of the language (for compilers) is typically not d

Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

1999-09-17 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Thursday 16 September 1999, at 20 h 5, the keyboard of Julio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > matters here is the Java virtual machine specification. I agree that using jdk > compliance is not a good thing, but it'd be better to provide a more complete > list of what a jdk provides. For example,

Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

1999-09-16 Thread Julio
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 04:38:53PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > 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 jav

Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

1999-09-15 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
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-machine packages > to set their jdk-compliance versions (1.0, 1.1, 1

Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

1999-09-15 Thread Adam Heath
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Seth R Arnold wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 11:24:35PM -0500, Ean R . Schuessler wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 11:11:43PM -0300, Julio 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

Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

1999-09-15 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 11:24:35PM -0500, Ean R . Schuessler wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 11:11:43PM -0300, Julio 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-machine packages > > to set thei

Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine

1999-09-15 Thread Ean R . Schuessler
On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 11:11:43PM -0300, Julio 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-machine packages > to set their jdk-compliance versions (1.0, 1.1, 1.2) when installing (or > being set b