Re: Debian Java outlook/ Re: kaffe orphaned?
Stephane Bortzmeyer writes:
> > - defining a Java equivalent to libc
> > (collection of utility classes shared among Java "binaries")
>
> Isn't it java.lang.* ?
Depends on what you are looking for. JTar? Getopt? Maybe
libj is not the right word, but Giant Java Tree is not the
alternative. There has to be a commitment to integration,
not just collection.
> It exists in Debian: gcj.
No JNI support.
> Piling up more policy-compliant *.deb packages will help building the first
> layers of a nice Java environment.
Nice with respect to what? It will create a standard.
Whether that standard is legacy or not depends on
how much the policy anticipated, doesn't it?
I'm not going to continue this, I said my piece. For the
foreseeable future I will have to get my Java installs
upstream anyway ;-).
b.
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