Re: [PROPOSAL] 4. RfD for a new debian java policy

2003-09-17 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo Ben, * Ben Burton wrote: >> >> and will let the user choose one default VM, which will be used, >> >> when it is include in your list of 'known working VMs'. >Not necessarily, just an understanding of what you mean. I'm still >uncomfortable with using a hand-rolled system here where we have

findjava requirement (was: 4. RfD for a new debian java policy)

2003-09-17 Thread Ben Burton
> >If all you want is for the user to specify a "default JVM", then why not > >just let this default JVM be the alternative /usr/bin/java, just like it > >is now? [...] > > IMO the alternative system can only be used in two cases: > * when all apps for the alternative are similar enough to not c

Re: Re: [PROPOSAL] 4. RfD for a new debian java policy

2003-09-17 Thread Etienne Gagnon
Hi, You typed the following: eclipse -consolelog -vm /usr/bin/sablevm -vmargs Including user settings ~/.eclipse/eclipserc... Using /home/jan/workspace for workspace Using /usr/bin/sablevm as java virtual machine... /usr/bin/sablevm *IS* *NOT* argument compatible with Sun's Java. If you

Re: [PROPOSAL] 4. RfD for a new debian java policy

2003-09-17 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo Ben, * Ben Burton wrote: >> >> and will let the user choose one default VM, which will be used, >> >> when it is include in your list of 'known working VMs'. >Not necessarily, just an understanding of what you mean. I'm still >uncomfortable with using a hand-rolled system here where we have

findjava requirement (was: 4. RfD for a new debian java policy)

2003-09-17 Thread Ben Burton
> >If all you want is for the user to specify a "default JVM", then why not > >just let this default JVM be the alternative /usr/bin/java, just like it > >is now? [...] > > IMO the alternative system can only be used in two cases: > * when all apps for the alternative are similar enough to not c

Re: Re: [PROPOSAL] 4. RfD for a new debian java policy

2003-09-17 Thread Etienne Gagnon
Hi, You typed the following: eclipse -consolelog -vm /usr/bin/sablevm -vmargs Including user settings ~/.eclipse/eclipserc... Using /home/jan/workspace for workspace Using /usr/bin/sablevm as java virtual machine... /usr/bin/sablevm *IS* *NOT* argument compatible with Sun's Java. If you wa