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Re: STOP INCLUDING EXTERNAL JARS IN YOUR JAVA PACKAGES!



Ainsi parlait Kevin A. Burton :
> > > Due to the WORA nature of Java applications, a lot of projects assume
> > > they are the only package management system in existence.
> >
> > And they're right, if you take into account that a cross-platform app
> > needs a cross-platform package management system. There is nothing like
> > that now, and Java projects will rightly continue to bundle jars until
> > there is.
>
> What about the Java Web Launch system.  Has anyone looked at that ???  I
> haven't because it is proprietary and I don't want to encourage SUN! :)
> <snip>
Sorry to get back on this, but maybe you could be interested by this:
http://openjnlp.nanode.org

>From the FAQ:
Sun's Java Web Start (JWS) is the reference implementation of JNLP. Sun has 
made little effort to separate JWS from JNLP in the public's mind. While Java 
Web Start certainly does a fine job of implementing JNLP, it is like most Sun 
Java technology that supports only a limited number of platforms. It is also 
not Open Source Software. 
-- 
Guillaume Rousse <rousse@ccr.jussieu.fr>
GPG key http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/gpgkey.html



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