Re: Packages that require Java 2 ?
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 03:13:35PM +0200, Marcus Crafter wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Ben Burton wrote:
>
> > > Do you mean that the java2-virtual-machine-dummy package should also
> > > provide java-virtual-machine ?
> >
> > Well, that too, but that's not what I meant. :)
> >
> > No, I mean for instance kaffe should provide java-virtual-machine, but
> > j2sdk1.3 should provide both java-virtual-machine and java2-virtual-machine.
Ok this shounds good, but some things before I'll add it to the
policy.
* Should we have a java2-compiler too?
* The java-virtual-machine should only be provided by the java2 virtual
machine if it is (completely?) backwards compatible.
* Should we have a java1-virtual-machine?
Well that is just some questions. I'll add it to the (proposed-)policy when I
got some consensus about it and when I have had the time to fiddle
with the cvs archive for the policy. I have not yet updated it since I
took over the maintenance. :)
Regards,
// Ola
> *nod*. I agree.
>
> > This at least means that even though you don't have dependencies for virtual
> > packages, you still have a way of requiring Java2. But OTOH j2sdk1.3 will
> > still satisfy the less stringent requirement of "any java", i.e.
> > java-virtual-machine.
>
> Yep. We're on the same level here.
>
> Ok, so what happens now ? This kind of proposal is something that
> should really be added to the java-policy as it concerns the base
> components of a java system. How does this happen (assuming it's
> accepted) ?
>
> Perhaps we should wait a few days to see if any others have
> comments/thoughts they would like to add, as I'm more than interested
> in hearing any other proposals, comments, etc.
>
> If there are no major hassles, then mid next week I'll send in a more
> formal proposal for a java2-virtual-machine concept, which can be
> further discussed if needed. ITP's, etc, could then follow.
>
> How does that sound ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marcus
>
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