Re: [Debian Wiki] Update of "Java" by HenningSprang
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 03:49:03PM +0200, Henning Sprang wrote:
> Michael Koch wrote:
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> * ["JVM"], ["JRE"] and ["SDK"] (TODO: these might all be removed, or redirected to this page here?!)
> >>
> >> == Java from Sun ==
> >> + * ["Java/Sun"] - some info about the openjdk in debian
> >> - * ["Java/Sun"] - Sun's Implementation is available in Debian
> >> + * SunJava - Sun's Implementation is available in Debian non-free
> >> - * SunJava
> >
> > I think this one of the most misleading parts in our wiki.
> >
>
> If you want to settle on exactly one of the
> misleading/inconsistent/redundant parts, maybe :)
>
> (I'm trying to invest some time everytime I have some left to get that
> cleaned up)
That work is really needed. Thanks for taking a stab on this.
> > I dont know if that is possible but Java/SUN should be renamed to
> > Java/OpenJDK
>
> Yes it should, I'll check if it's possible.
Thanks.
> > and SunJava should be renamed to Java/SUN.
>
> Yes, to have it in the Java hierarchy of the wiki. There are more pages
> linked from tha main Java page which fall into this category.
Thanks again for doing this type of work. Its really appreciated.
> > And Iwould not
> > keep OpenJDK under "Java from SUN".
> > OpenJDK is/will be a community project with SUN as its most prominent
> > member. That doesnt mean its SUN only anymore.
>
> Yes, OpenJDK is community, adn this is what is targetted to package for
> main.
>
> But there will probably( I rather ask but state this here) always be
> some binary jdk/jre distribution from sun (which will ever be in
> non-free, as an updated version to what they have now in version 5 and 6.
There will for sure. It would be bad if not.
Cheers,
Michael
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