Re: Recommends relation of libxxx-java-gcj packages

2010-02-23 Thread Torsten Werner
Hi, On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Onkar Shinde wrote: > I was wondering if this needs to be added somewhere in documentation > (wiki or policy) or is it ok to go ahead and do the changes to > packages. yes :) Cheers, Torsten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Recommends relation of libxxx-java-gcj packages

2010-02-23 Thread Onkar Shinde
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Torsten Werner wrote: > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Onkar Shinde wrote: >> doko had mentioned that -gcj packages offer performance improvements >> on architectures where JIT compiler is not present in JRE. > > But nobody is doing Java development today on arc

Re: Recommends relation of libxxx-java-gcj packages

2010-02-21 Thread Torsten Werner
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Onkar Shinde wrote: > doko had mentioned that -gcj packages offer performance improvements > on architectures where JIT compiler is not present in JRE. But nobody is doing Java development today on architectures without a JIT compiler. The buildds aren't affected

Re: Recommends relation of libxxx-java-gcj packages

2010-02-20 Thread Onkar Shinde
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Ludovic Claude wrote: > I never use gcj packages, I'm always unsure whether they will work > because dynamic class loading is used more and more in Java, and OpenJDK > is nowadays fast enough at startup to be convenient for command line > useage. So yes, I support

Re: Recommends relation of libxxx-java-gcj packages

2010-02-20 Thread Ludovic Claude
I never use gcj packages, I'm always unsure whether they will work because dynamic class loading is used more and more in Java, and OpenJDK is nowadays fast enough at startup to be convenient for command line useage. So yes, I support the downgrade from Recommends gcj packages to Suggests. Ludovic

Re: Recommends relation of libxxx-java-gcj packages

2010-02-20 Thread Niels Thykier
Okay... I will try that once more What I was trying to write (other than my name) was that I support the downgrade of Recommends to Suggests. ~Niels signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Recommends relation of libxxx-java-gcj packages

2010-02-20 Thread Niels Thykier
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Re: Recommends relation of libxxx-java-gcj packages

2010-02-20 Thread Vincent Fourmond
Torsten Werner wrote: > we've got the following comment in bug #559058 from doko: > > "it's current practice/policy to have such a recommendation for the > corresponding -gcj package. if you want to have this changed, please > address this on the debian-java ML, and don't change it on a per > pack

Recommends relation of libxxx-java-gcj packages

2010-02-20 Thread Torsten Werner
Hi, we've got the following comment in bug #559058 from doko: "it's current practice/policy to have such a recommendation for the corresponding -gcj package. if you want to have this changed, please address this on the debian-java ML, and don't change it on a per package basis." I cannot find a