Re: [PROPOSAL] New Virtual Packages and way to handle Classpath
--- Ean Schuessler <ean@brainfood.com> wrote:
> I'm afraid that I agree with Matt. As much as I like the idea of
> abstract dependencies it seems that it will become much more complex and
> much harder than just depending on a runtime that is known to work. The
> core issue being that there are far fewer VMs than there are possible
> base class library dependencies. Easier just to say "j2sdk1.4 | kaffe |
> orp" if that is what is known to work.
That's my proposal as well. Instead of relying on some (pointless for free
implementations) notion of abstract APIs write down what works. If it doesn't
work, let people who need it to work investigate, and get in touch with the
developers to fix the problems.
cheers,
dalibor topic
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