Re: [RFC] Debian Java Announcement for Sarge
Fri, 06 May 2005 20:43:28 -0400,
Barry Hawkins <barry@bytemason.org> wrote:
> Wolfgang Baer wrote:
>> Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
>>> 0° Introduction
>>
>> What about:
>>
>> This document should give you a rough overview of what has changed
>> between woody and sarge with java on debian.
>>
>> Most notably there are very much improved and also new free runtimes
>> in sarge which are capable of running several programs. Also a lot
>> of software got packaged and moved to the main section which indicates
>> that they are buildable and runnable by the free runtimes.
>>
>> Another change for better support of commercial, non-free jdks the
>> package - java-package - is provided.
>>
>> ...
> java-package blurb draft:
> For those unfamiliar with java-package, it provides a way for you to
> package Java(TM) Runtime Environments and Java(TM) Development Kits as
> Debian packages rather than installing them manually. This allows you to
> leverage Debian’s rich dependency management for Java-based packages. It
> provides the non-free Java(TM) functionality that the free runtimes for
> Java(TM) community is working hard to replace with free, open
> replacements. Think of it as “bridge technology” while things continue
> to progress in the free runtime efforts. Currently supported JREs and
> JDKs include:
>
> Sun JRE 1.3.1 - 1.5, JDK 1.4-1.5
> Blackdown JRE/JDK 1.3 - 1.4
> IBM JRE/JDK 1.3 - 1.4
Added a shorter note.
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