Re: [RFC] Debian Java Announcement for Sarge
Fri, 06 May 2005 22:16:18 +0200,
Wolfgang Baer <WBaer@gmx.de> wrote:
> Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
>> 0° Introduction
>
> What about:
Thanks.
> ...
>> 1° Status of the JVM's from Woody to Sarge
>> - new:
>> + sablevm
>> + jamvm
>> + I think I forget some...
>
> + free-java-sdk
added
>> - updated:
>> + gcj/gij (3.0 -> 3.3 and 3.4)
>> + kaffe (1.0.5e -> 1.1.5)
>> - removed:
>> + kissme
>> + orp
>
> Maybe split into provide JRE (jamvm, sablevm)
> and JDK functionality (free-java-sdk, kaffe)
> Where does gcj/gij really belong ?
too complicated for non-java readers and maybe not relevant.
>> 2° Java packages (libs and apps)
>> - new:
>> + antlr
>> + batik
>> + bcel
>> + checkstyle
>> + classpath
>> + fop
>> + gjdoc
>
> + mysql jdbc driver
This one was already there.
> + freemind
> + jspwiki
added
[...]
>> 35. libpgjava
>> 36. libmysql-java
>> 37. velocity
>
> These three not yet made it to main because of the freeze !
I asked d-release and put a note.
[...]
>> - update our packages and clean up packages that are dead upstream;
>
> Well this has already started (libservlet2.2-java, xml-soap, ...) - but
> I think we should do that regulary. There are currently several outdated
> libraries which are not really used by programs.
Yes, we should do that. A debian/watch file can ease the process in some
cases.
[...]
>> The list is not finished, maybe this paragraph can be deleted, RFC.
>
> This could be maybe more an "internal" list of goals.
I plan to do one, I'll send a separate note about it.
>> 6° Conclusion
>> Even if Java is not in the shape we'd like it to be in Debian at the
>> moment, there are a lot of work to make it fit the best we can in the
>> distribution.
>> We plan to integrate Java more and more in Debian and make it really
>> free.
>
> Maybe we can add here something about free java projects:
done.
> And also with the websites linked ....
I added Alioth's pkg-java page <http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/> and
Planet Classpath <http://planet.classpath.org/> because every
informations about free classpath can be found when you start at that
page (or it should be! ;-))
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