Re: Free Java specifications (was Re: Java Policy.)

2002-05-13 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:15:31PM -0700, Jim Pick wrote: > I think the Debian Java policy, as currently stated, is slightly flawed, > as it tries to satisfy two goals that aren't completely orthogonal: > > 1) To get as much free Java software into Debian as possible, that runs > without non-

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 05:03:54PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andrew> No it's not. But you can use the gcj produced .so files > Andrew> with gcj. If I do all my Java

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 04:28:56PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andrew> To clarify, I'm talking about Java code compiled (eg, by > Andrew> gcj) into architecture-specific mac

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:31:43PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Sunday 12 May 2002 22:00, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > > Ok, then it is just a question of naming. Say my foo library can be > > compiled to .class files and GCJ .so files. One option is to > > package both

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:40:05PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > I disagree on that class files should be placed in a -dev package for the > same reason as I want every jar file to be placed in /usr/share/java > (maybe with an exception for jvm:s). You should always be allowed > to use the classes

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:16:37PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Java code is supposed to be > portable. If you compile it to machine binaries it is no longer a > java program and should not be packaged as a such. You've been listening to too much Sun marketing. :-) Please give a rational reason

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-12 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 05:41:29PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > http://people.debian.org/~opal/java/policy.html/policy.html The following, Both are shipped as Java bytecode (*.class files, packaged in a *.jar archive) and with an "Architecture: all" since Java bytecode is supposed t

Re: libtool bites us again (aka Libtool's Revenge, part II)

1999-12-14 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 04:22:08PM -0500, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 02:56:22PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > > > Packages that use libtool to create shared libraries must > > include the .la files in the -dev > > + packages,

Re: libtool bites us again (aka Libtool's Revenge, part II)

1999-12-13 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 02:56:22PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > Packages that use libtool to create shared libraries must > include the .la files in the -dev > + packages, if it includes them at all. Dynamically loadable > + modules that are created with libtool

Re: Confusion about Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages

1999-07-01 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 04:00:45PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/37/37338.html > > I am currently working on editing in the policy amendments, > and I find this amendment quite confusing. Could the rpincipals > involved in this clarify exact

Bug#37338: AMENDMENT] libtool `.la' files in `-dev' packages

1999-05-09 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 04:46:48PM -0500, Ossama Othman wrote: > Description (from Joey Hess): > .la files aren't useless, libtool can use them and they are essential > to programs that use libltdl. Proposal is to include .la files in -dev > packages if they are produced by the build process. P

default umask

1998-12-21 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 03:42:41PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > IMHO, it should be possible to specify a global setting that works > with ALL shells. Otherwise, the system administrator has to modify > each shell individually. But as long as we don't have a uniform solution ... /etc% grep -i umask *