Re: implementing sensible-java to improve the alternative system

[Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>]

On 05.05.2010 22:46, Torsten Werner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an idea about implementing sensible-tools for the java world
> and wrote them down at<http://wiki.debian.org/Java/SensibleJava>. I
> have already implemented a proof of concept. What do you think about
> it? Does it make sense at all? Is the prefix "sensible-" a good/bad
> idea?

improving the current alternative-based system is needed, but you only replace 
one inflexible system with another one.

 - no choice of a specific VM
 - no choice of compiled or interpreted mode

While the java world seems to be most ix86 centric, IMO a distribution should 
try to support java on all it's supported architectures. This might include 
working around jvm issues on specific architectures.

What does the name 'sun' mean? A vm, a jdk, anything else? If it's a VM, it 
better should be something like hotspot, zero, zeroasm, or shark.

  Matthias