Re: lib-rxtx-java package
Hi
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 03:31:14PM -0500, Joe Phillips wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-11-02 at 07:43, Mario Joussen wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 12:07:53PM -0500, Joe Phillips wrote:
> > > I chose to package 2.0 (as opposed to 2.1) as it is documented to work
> > > with Java CommAPI. I have successfully used my package with some
> > > CommAPI software already.
> >
> > But there's the problem. I think that the Java CommAPI is like the other
> > Java stuff from Sun non free in the sense of Debian. And therefore it's
> > better to have rxtx version 2.1 in the Debian distribution.
>
> I understand.
>
> I don't understand why we can't just re-implement java CommAPI
> completely but that's a side issue right now.
>
> > I think you
> > can use every software that works with javax.comm also with gnu.io if
> > you have the source code.
>
> and *that's* the problem. I *don't* have the source for everything I
> need to run. Further, I see Java CommAPI as a 'standard' interface that
> we're not implementing.
>
> Can we have packages for both? maybe with the 2.0 package in
> contrib/non-free and 2.1 is in main?
Yes, but then with different name. The package should also be
named librxtx-java and not lib-rxtx-java. :)
Regards,
// Ola
> > I hope, that I have the time to package rxtx 2.1 this weekend.
>
> If not, I can help.
>
> -joe
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