Re: About java virtual dependencies and provides and the Java

["Eric Lavarde - Debian" <deb@zorglub.s.bawue.de>]

Hi,

my email was the last one in the chain, but I don't consider it was a
conclusive one.

Thanks, Eric

Eric Lavarde - Debian said:
> Hi,
>
> Michael Koch said:
>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:17:13PM +0100, Matthew Johnson wrote:
>>> On Wed May 21 22:06, Michael Koch wrote:
>>>
>>> > Debian supports only Java 5+ compatible runtimes in unstable.
>>>
>>> Almost compatible
>>>
>>> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35020 (amongst others)
>>
>> Thats a small bug that doesn't change the whole picture.
> But is really the whole picture that many java programs don't need to rely
> on Sun's (or other certified) JRE to work properly? I try at regular
> intervals and FreeMind and SimplyHTML still don't work properly with GCI;
> we read recently that there were issues with Azureus.
> So, I still think that we need to make the difference between free and
> complete implementations, and the original issue, which wasn't answered,
> is that the Java policy needs to be updated, and packages be adapted, best
> before complete freeze.
>
> Eric


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Eric de France, d'Allemagne et de Navarre