Re: Re: gcj4 changes : Please Comment

2005-02-26 Thread Daniele Cruciani
Dan Weber: > > If people are interested in native binaries, they'll do it. If people are interested in gentoo they'll install gentoo. Sorry, most of the time I do not have spare space for compiling natively package, thus I take a Debian binary CD and install what is inside it. If your are talk

Re: Re: gcj4 changes : Please Comment

2005-02-26 Thread Michael Koch
On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 04:53:08PM +0100, Daniele Cruciani wrote: > > Dan Weber: > > > > If people are interested in native binaries, they'll do it. > > If people are interested in gentoo they'll install gentoo. > > Sorry, most of the time I do not have spare space for compiling natively > pack

Looking for the right Java solution

2005-02-26 Thread Ivo Marino
Hello Debian Java folks, I need to develop a chess-like game which should be written 100% in Java, the program should also have a GUI which will show the moves. As far as I'm a Debian GNU/Linux `testing` user I would like to know which Java SDK package would allow me to develop such a program. I

Re: Looking for the right Java solution

2005-02-26 Thread Michael Koch
On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 07:32:24PM +0100, Ivo Marino wrote: > Hello Debian Java folks, > > I need to develop a chess-like game which should be written 100% in > Java, the program should also have a GUI which will show the moves. > > As far as I'm a Debian GNU/Linux `testing` user I would like to

Re: Looking for the right Java solution

2005-02-26 Thread Jerry Haltom
What does 100% in Java mean? You can't use any native code or you can't use any Java libraries which contain native code? The state of free Swing isn't very good right now, no. You would be much better off using SWT or something similar. Debian's current SWT packages leave much to be desired, howe

Re: [dsi-list] Re: Looking for the right Java solution

2005-02-26 Thread Ivo Marino
On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 19:37 +0100, Michael Koch wrote: > Where have you found this rumor ? > From rom the Debian Java FAQ: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch-debian-java-testing-unstable.html As written overe there: "free-java-sdk A free Java SDK (compiled from DSFG compliant J

Re: [dsi-list] Re: Looking for the right Java solution

2005-02-26 Thread Ivo Marino
On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 12:40 -0600, Jerry Haltom wrote: > What does 100% in Java mean? You can't use any native code or you can't > use any Java libraries which contain native code? > I'm looking for a free Java SDK, maybe with SWT or SWING support. That's it. > The state of free Swing isn't very

Re: [dsi-list] Re: Looking for the right Java solution

2005-02-26 Thread Michael Koch
On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 07:45:15PM +0100, Ivo Marino wrote: > On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 19:37 +0100, Michael Koch wrote: > > > Where have you found this rumor ? > > > From rom the Debian Java FAQ: > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch-debian-java-testing-unstable.html > > As written

Re: [dsi-list] Re: Looking for the right Java solution

2005-02-26 Thread Ivo Marino
On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 20:58 +0100, Michael Koch wrote: > The FAQ is really outdated and needs an update. > Good to know. > In general simple Swing apps work already, some more complex widgets > dont work correctly yet. It would be nice if people can actually try the > free alternatives and write