Hi, On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 10:38 -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 09:32:30AM +0100, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > > Is it possible to run the following combination of applications on a > > Debian AMD64 Etch installation, using nothing but free software (I know > > it can using Sun's SDK, because that is what I am running now): > > > > - Java 1.5 > > I am not aware of any free java implementation that matches java 1.5 > yet. I know many doing 1.3, and I think a few might do 1.4 by now. Those based on GNU Classpath are close to full 1.4: http://developer.classpath.org/support/ (roadmap) And we are working on full 1.5 support. Some nice progress can be seen: http://gnu.wildebeest.org/diary/index.php?p=139 > > If that is possible, are there (pointers to) any known problems? > > Well don't know. I know java is best avoided. :) Yes :) But please do try to help out with the free replacements for those that did fell into the proprietary java trap! Cheers, Mark -- Escape the Java Trap with GNU Classpath! http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html Join the community at http://planet.classpath.org/
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