On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 01:12:49AM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 12:45:24AM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 06:37:14PM +0200, Guillaume Rousse wrote: > > > Ainsi parlait Vendredi 3 Mai 2002 04:12, Matt Zimmerman : > > > > Assuming that it requires a Java2 virtual machine, it isn't useful with > > > > software available in Debian, nor even with software in the non-free > > > > archive, so the advantages of packaging it are substantially reduced. > > > > No. The non-free section is not a part of debian. Packages in the contrib > > section can depend on anything that is non free and still be distributable. > > What it needs should be well described in its README.Debian file though. > > Re-read what I wrote, and you will see that I made it perfectly clear that > non-free was not included in "software available in Debian". > > The software in question cannot even go into the non-free archive. ?? Now I do not really understand. As I have understood netbeans is DFSG compliant (I have not checked but that is what people here tell me) but depends on a java2-runtime which is not avable in Debian. According to this netbeans can be distributed in the contrib section, right? Regards, // Ola > -- > - mdz > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / opal@debian.org Björnkärrsgatan 5 A.11 \ | opal@lysator.liu.se 584 36 LINKÖPING | | +46 (0)13-17 69 83 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / ---------------------------------------------------------------
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