Re: Packaging a library, with JNI and javadocs
On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 12:05:08AM -0400, Joe Phillips wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 17:24, Grzegorz Prokopski wrote:
> > However as gcj-compiled programs are no longer java (IMO) - it
> > woulnd't harm if we delegate separate -gcj suffix for such
> > packages.
>
> The way I see it, the -gcj tag is useless and crufty. Why do I care
> that it's a gcj program versus a gcc program or fortran program or cobol
> program? All I care about is that it is architecture dependant and that
> the proper dependancies are on my system. Both of these features are
> taken care of in the control files, why do we need to overload the
> package name with this information?
I can agree on that.
> As for the -jni tag, I feel it's only useful in the specific case that I
> indicated I'd implement in my ocf packages. Namely, when it's a JNI
> (native) library only package *not* containing the corresponding .class
> files. I vote this way because the contents of the package are a
> libMyClass.so file and we want some way to tell the sysadmin "hey, this
> library uses JNI calling convention".
I can agree on this too, actually.
> If the same JNI library is packaged with the corresponding .class files,
> then it should use the recommended -java tag as for all intents and
> purposes, it's an architecture dependant Java library.
If you can provide me with information about what to change in the policy I'll be
very happy with it. I need information about -gcj (not to use that) and that
gcj should be seen as any other library (not use -java). I also need a phrase
for the -jni name as you told me above.
But I need some sort of consensus about this before I make a change
in the policy.
Regards,
// Ola
> -joe
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