Re: Debian Java outlook/ Re: kaffe orphaned?
On Thursday 9 September 1999, at 12 h 21, the keyboard of Bernd Kreimeier
<bk@gamers.org> wrote:
> - defining a Java equivalent to libc
> (collection of utility classes shared among Java "binaries")
Isn't it java.lang.* ?
> - a free compiler to convert pure Java source or "binaries"
> to C or native binaries competitively (size, overhead)
It exists in Debian: gcj.
> I somewhat think we should decide on how we see Java used
> in Debian first, before defining a policy.
I disagree. Otherwise, this would be a good way to postpone the release of a
policy indefinitely.
> a native Linux environment. Just piling up more *.deb packages
> won't solve this.
Piling up more policy-compliant *.deb packages will help building the first
layers of a nice Java environment.
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