Re: [PROPOSAL] New Virtual Packages and way to handle Classpath
Your scheme is sound in theory, but isn't a solution for Java under the
Debian OS. It means that virtually all Java packages in Debian would sit
in contrib. That's just not acceptable.
Now that I am putting some real effort into Kaffe again I would like to
see an actual functioning framework of Java applications in main.
There is no Free VM that I am aware of that supports either Sun's 1.4 or
1.3 or even 1.2. Your solution doesn't fulfill the Social Contract and
not even Java is specially immune.
I do see your point about alternatives. If we constrain my suggestion to
just base VM classes that problem goes away. Base class libraries are
not currently shared by any VMs I am aware of. Such an effort would be a
worthy cause but it isn't likely to happen anytime soon.
Instead of giving me a flat "that won't work" can you see a way to
modify my approach? Is there some way that a classpath could be
constructed from functional dependencies in a way that works for more
than base classes?
Or is my criticism of your scheme unfounded?
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 19:45, Jan Schulz wrote:
> I see what you mean, but this will simple not work: How do you want to
> use alternatives?
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> I prefer a free VM, but much more I prefer a *working* VM.
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