Re: libgcj2/gij and java1-runtime
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 03:36:57PM -0600, Ben Burton wrote:
>
> (CCed to debian-java because it relates to the kaffe/testing thread.)
>
> Hi. If libgcj2 is going to provide java-virtual-machine, could you please
> also provide java1-runtime (as per proposed java policy)?
It should only be provided if it contains the java runtime (like classes.zip
or similar). If if does not, it should not provide it!
> Also it would be nice to provide an alternative for /usr/bin/java, since a
> number of java packages that depend on java-virtual-machine call
> /usr/bin/java from their startup scripts.
Actually I think all programs that provides java-virtual-machine should
have a java command (using alternatives?) that is command line compatible
with the sun java command. Is that something good?
> Proposed java policy is at:
> http://people.debian.org/~opal/java/policy.html
> (and in incoming in package java-common, I believe).
Yup. Is this documentation easy to read?
Regards,
// ola
> Thanks - Ben.
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