Re: request for bug filing on all packages uses /usr/share/java/repository
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 07:12:29PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 11:43:54AM -0600, Colin Watson wrote:
> > Amid all the arguments I've lost track of exactly why
> > /usr/share/java/repository causes a problem for building things. Can
> > somebody explain to me why it's worse than, say, /usr/include or
> > /usr/lib?
>
> The lack of versioning support is the problem. One other problem is that
> the hader definition and implementation are located on the same place.
> It is the same as if /usr/lib and /usr/include was located in the same
> place.
OK. I now see why it applies to libraries, but don't see why it's a
benefit for standalone programs (where multiple versions can't be
installed via dpkg simultaneously anyway, and where the .jars aren't
intended for external use). I suppose it's a little neater.
Thanks,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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