Re: guavac, kaffe, kore, a free java development environment?
On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Vincent Renardias wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Ben Armstrong wrote:
>
> > I am not yet a guavac user, but I plan to do some Java development
> > for Linux (GPL'd of course), so I will end up being one sooner or later.
> >
> > And that raises a concern ... I don't want my work to depend on non-free
> > components. I see that while guavac is DFSG compliant, kaffe is not. On
> > examining kaffe closer, it is because it depends on the non-free jdk. I'm
> > wondering what could be done to make it depend on Kore instead? It seems
> > Kore isn't even packaged yet. Is it still too rough to be building on top
> > of?
>
> Last time I had a look at it (months ago), kore was still too incomplete
> to replace jdk classes. But if it's now mature, feel free to package it.
It will take me a while to determine this, as I am a neophyte Java
programmer. Perhaps someone can help me make this determination?
In any event, I will be downloading guavac, kaffe, and kore, and will
at least give them a try.
Ben.
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